Adly – Laznicka (World Junior Championship 2007)
This is a beautiful finish. Black just played 27…Nd4. It is White to move.
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Qg7+! Nxg7
Nh6#
28) Q-f8+ Nxf8 or Qxf8 or Rxf8
29) N-g6++
This is too simple.
1. Qg7+ Nxg7
2. Nh6#
After working on CT-ART 3.0 for quite some time now, this sort of mate looks too simple.
But one doesn’t really ever get to perform such a mate in a game. I think I’ve done the smothered mate once, but what it greater than to finish off a game to a pretty combo, that preferably entails a few sacrifices=).
There are three moves which ensure that mate in 2:
(a) 1. Qf8+
(b) 1. Qg7+
(c) 1. Qg5+ (no one posted this one so far)
The ‘obvious’ 1. Ne7+ is not as good (QxN and 2. – Nf3+! 3. Kf1!? Nd2+!) but I think Nxd4 wins, too.
E.g. 1. Nxd4 cxd4 2. Rxe6! fxe6 3. Qg5+! Kf7 4. Qg7+ Ke8 5. Qxh8+ Kf7 6. Qg7+, Ke8 7. Qg8#
Or 1. – d2 2. Rxe6 as well.
So even if this simple mate in 2 wasn’t possible white would win with “normal” methods.
Rarely saw such a bad king’ position. 🙂
Qg5+ Nxg5!
Nh6
!checkmate!
the mates are pretty easy to see…but I wonder how it was actually played out.
Did Adly win the whole tournament?
Qg7+! Nxg7
Nh6#
As a “puzzle” I guess it’s better if the pawn at f6 wasn’t there… but since it’s a real game, it’s just sweet.
it wouldn’t work quite so well if the pawn at f6 was not there… ???