Cheap shots

ok, for the second, how close were my answers, you need to give me something or it'll be something like a self mate 🙂

It is more or less a helpmate

It's not easy being me 😏

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Originally posted by heinzkat
It is more or less a helpmate

It's not easy being me 😏

Hint: [hidden]White makes two plausible moves and gets mated on g2[/hidden]

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Originally posted by philidor position
OK how about this:

[hidden]1...Qxd5 2.Rc7+ Kxe6 3.Bxf7+ Kd6 4.Be8 Qxg2#[/hidden]

Originally posted by heinzkat
2. Rxd5 GG

Must be something like this

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Must be something like this

[pgn]
[Event "Edited position"]
[Site "END-CFB10B3985E"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result "*"]
[FEN "r4r2/pb2kp1Q/1p1qNpBp/3Pb3/8/1P6/P4PP1/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

{--------------
r . . . . r . .
p b . . k p . Q
. p . q N p B p
. . . P b . . .
. . . . . . . .
. P . . . ...[text shortened]... to play
--------------}
1. Kh1 Qd7 2. Nxf8 Rxf8 3. d6+ Ke8 4. Rc7 Qh3+[/pgn]

the King is on h1 in the original position.
I have to get white going first in the PGN thingy.

It's an RHP flaw.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
the King is on h1 in the original position.
I have to get white going first in the PGN thingy.

It's an RHP flaw.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
the King is on h1 in the original position.
I have to get white going first in the PGN thingy.

It's an RHP flaw.

Originally posted by philidor position
ok, my apologies 🙂

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Must be something like this

[pgn]
[Event "Edited position"]
[Site "END-CFB10B3985E"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result "*"]
[FEN "r4r2/pb2kp1Q/1p1qNpBp/3Pb3/8/1P6/P4PP1/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

{--------------
r . . . . r . .
p b . . k p . Q
. p . q N p B p
. . . P b . . .
. . . . . . . .
. P . . . ...[text shortened]... to play
--------------}
1. Kh1 Qd7 2. Nxf8 Rxf8 3. d6+ Ke8 4. Rc7 Qh3+[/pgn]

Originally posted by heinzkat
White played 2. f4 and only took on f8 on his third move

1. ... Qd7!! (there is no defense)
2. f4 Bxd5
3. Nxf8 (the Knight has to move somewhere) Qh3+
4. Kg1 Qxg2#

I did a whole Corner once dedicated to that mating idea giving a few
examples from my own games.



It was the only mating idea I could see. Then just a case of looking for
plausible moves. I did not know it was a killer with no defence.
I was just looking for a playable sequence.

Originally posted by heinzkat
E-cookie points for the first one to PM me all four solutions... this is an exercise in trying to be as cunning as heinzkat 😏

Feel free to add some of your own cracking combinations