Akobian vs Abdelnabbi
White to move. How should GM Akobian proceed?
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Nf6+, clearly
Nf6. gxf6 forced. followed by Qg4+ should do it.
Qh3
1.Nf6 gxf6 2.Qg4+ Qg5 3.Rxg5 fxg5 4.Qxg5 followed by Qxa5
Perhaps there’s even stronger, but that should win. Bit easier than the last one, this puzzle 🙂
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PdV
It´s Nf6+,gxf6,Qg3+,Qg5,Rxg5+,fxg5,Qxg5+,Kh8,Qxa5 should win due to the queen and the pawns in the kingside beyond the weak position of black king!
1. Nf6 gf6
2. Qg4 Qg5
3. Rg5 fg5
4. Qg5 Kh8
5. Qa5 Bc6
6. Qa7 with a huge material advantage.
I saw
1.Nf6+ gxf6 forced
2.Qg4+ Qg5 forced
3.Rxg5+ f6xg5
4.Qxg5+ Kh7
5.Qxa5
White wins
I like Nf6+.
Beelze
Nf6+
1.Nf6+ 1-0
Qh3 wins surely, but
1. Nf6+ is mate in 4
1. … gxf6
2. Qxf6 Qxf2+
3. Kxf2 (any)
4. Rh8#
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Nf6+ gxf6 Qxf6 looks like a forced mate.
nf6
Yep, 2.Qf6 wins via unstoppable mating attack. I looked at it initially, but convinced myself that 2. …Qd4 stopped the mate. I completely overlooked 3. Rh8#. Yikes!:~)
“Yancey Ward said…
Yep, 2.Qf6 wins via unstoppable mating attack. I looked at it initially, but convinced myself that 2. …Qd4 stopped the mate. I completely overlooked 3. Rh8#. Yikes!:~)”
Hi! You are not alone…as a matter of fact, you are in the company of World Champions! check out these two examples from “Iron Tigran” Petrosian…
Candidates Tournament, Amsterdam 1956
Petrosian overloooks an attack on his Queen..
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1033916
and in a Candidates match against Krochnoi (1974),
Petrosian overlooked a mate in 1!
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1082288
Kamalakanta
1. Qf5 g6 2. Nf6+ Kg7 3. Rh7#
Nice idea by Akobian; I’ll give him this one, but could he have withstood the powers of Stan Vaughan? Alas, we shall never know. 🙂