White to move and win big! This was sent to me by a friend. NO COMPUTER PLEASE 🙂 See if you can solve it on your own.
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A very cool puzzle!
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I had this position in one of my blitz games yesterday. Unfortunately, I was low on time and settled for the draw. 😉
1. Nf4+! Kc5 2. Ne6+ Kd5 3. Nxc7+ Kc5 4. Nxa6+ Kd5 5. Nc7+ Kc5 6. Ne6+ Kd5 7. Nf4+ Kc5 8. Ke4! d5+ 9. Ke5 Bf6+ 10. Ke6 Nc8+ 10. Kd7 and Black has nothing left to offer against 11. N(x)d3#.
As soon I I realized that all Black can do is move his King back and forth between c5 and d5, it was a piece of cake.
See Joshua Green’s post for the solution.
Is this a Bláthy Ottó Titusz puzzle? His ones are like this :). The pieces work like parts of a machine, which is not so strange if we know that he is one of the designers of the transformator.
Nf4+ Kc5
Ne6+ Kd5
Nxc7+ Kc5
Nxa6+ Kd5
Nc7+ Ke5
Ne6+ Kd5
Nf4+ Ke5
Ke4+ d5+
Ke5 Bf6+
Ke6 Nd8+
Kd7 Ra4
Nd3++
that was sort of simple but manevering the king out of the bishop and knights way wasnt exactly a formality.
Yes, it’s from Bláthy.
Yes, you are correct about the composer 🙂
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
It doesn’t work. White can win, but he can’t win big.