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21 Dec 07
22 Dec 07
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Is that what happened. He was white and lost!? I just found a picture of it with a few pieces marked.
I thought he was BLACK.
1. Kg8 ..Ng moves
2. Qe3.. (fight)
3. Pawn wins down A-file.
Me bad. NEXT.
Just looking at it a3 looks better for move 2.. or maybe Qf2.
22 Dec 07
Originally posted by wittywonka1.Qf1!! [threat 2.Qf4#] 1...Kxe6+ 2.Qf5#
[fen]4n3/8/Q3N1pR/2Brk1K1/4q3/8/B7/4R3 w[/fen]
White to move and mate in as few moves as possible.
Courtesy of User 276371.
Triple pin.
27 Dec 07
Originally posted by yosimanYes that's right.
I'm probably wrong since I just glanced at it but does Qb5 work?
The answer is
1.Qb5!...Qxb5
2.c8Q+...Kf7
3.Qxe6+!...Kxe6
4.Nc7+...Ke5
5.Nxb5
& black cannot stop the white K from getting to the corner, nabbing the a-pawn although white still needs to play reasonably carefully.
27 Dec 07
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Originally posted by d36366it's from a Petrosian game: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106312
That's a good one.
The main line is:
1 Qa8+ Kg7 2 Bxe5+! Qxe5 (else BxQ) 3 Qh8+! Kxh8 (else QxQ) 4 Nxf7+ and 5 Nxe5 and white is a knight up.
The ending with N+2P v 3P is actually a bit tricky but is a win for white. I wonder if there's something better but the the combo is so neat that this must be the solution, I guess.
The other lines start 1 ...[text shortened]... queens and takes the rook - two pieces up
2 .. Kd8 3 Nxf7+ and 4 NxQ
Is it a real game?
black to play.