The King's New Queen

White to move. I can find mate in 4.

What can you see?

Originally posted by Anzelak
[fen]5b2/1N3p2/P3kp2/P5QQ/3n2p1/1N4p1/4P1b1/4K3 w - - 0 1[/fen]

White to move. I can find mate in 4.

What can you see?

1.Nxd4+ Kd7

1...Ke7 2.Qc5+ Kd7 [quote]2...Ke8 3.Qc8+ Ke7 4.Qhc5#

3.Qxf7+
and mate next[/quote] 2.Qxf7+ Kc8

2...Be7 3.Qc5 and 4.Qfxe7#

3.Qxf8+ Kc7 4.Qd8#

Originally posted by SwissGambit
1.Nxd4+ Kd7

1...Ke7 2.Qc5+ Kd7 [quote]2...Ke8 3.Qc8+ Ke7 4.Qhc5#

3.Qxf7+
and mate next[/quote] 2.Qxf7+ Kc8

2...Be7 3.Qc5 and 4.Qfxe7#

3.Qxf8+ Kc7 4.Qd8#

Nice work mate. Mustn't have taken you long.

Took me just over 5 minutes to realise there was a mate here. White to move and win:



Time yourself. I'd be interested to know how long it takes you (or anyone else 🙂). Of course, you all get the advantage of knowing there is a mate.

Originally posted by Anzelak
Nice work mate. Mustn't have taken you long.

Took me just over 5 minutes to realise there was a mate here. White to move and win:

[fen]8/4N1p1/K2k4/4NQ2/2n5/3b3R/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]

Time yourself. I'd be interested to know how long it takes you (or anyone else 🙂). Of course, you all get the advantage of knowing there is a mate.

SwissGambit's solutions are cool, but he should leave other people chances to solve them... having only just found this thread I now can't solve it.

Originally posted by DeepRed
SwissGambit's solutions are cool, but he should leave other people chances to solve them... having only just found this thread I now can't solve it.

Make the window smaller. Don't scroll down. That's what I do if I don't want to see other people's solutions.

Originally posted by Anzelak
Nice work mate. Mustn't have taken you long.

Took me just over 5 minutes to realise there was a mate here. White to move and win:

[fen]8/4N1p1/K2k4/4NQ2/2n5/3b3R/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]

Time yourself. I'd be interested to know how long it takes you (or anyone else 🙂). Of course, you all get the advantage of knowing there is a mate.

1. Rxd3+ Kxe7 2. Rd7+ Ke8 3. Qf7#

1...Kc7 2. Qd7+ Kb8 3. Qc8#
1...Kc5 2. N5c6+ Ne5 3. Qxe5+ Kc4 4. Qb5#

7 min.

Nicely done.

I did only: Kc5 2. N5c6+ Ne5 3. Qxe5+ Kc4 4. Qb5# in 5:15. You found both in 7.

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