White to move. Does White have a win? How should White proceed? No computer lines please.
1n4bQ/pq6/1ppppr2/R1b2kr1/2Pn4/1P1P1NPp/3P1K1N/1BB5 w – – 0 1
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mate in 5: Sh4, S2f3, Sxf3, d4, Dh4
Nh4+ Ke5+ (only move) 2.Nf3#…. the black rook is pinned so it can’t take the Knight and the king is trapped
I assume you mean 2 N2f3+, which black answers with Nxf3+. There’s more – someone already posted the solution on one of her facebook pages.
Yes I saw the solution on Facebook. ROFL.
This must set a record of some sort or other. In fact, I presume it was composed primarily for just that purpose.
This must pass for grandmaster humor. Tell me, Susan, was this composed by two GM’s sitting in a bar somewhere with a chess set and several bottles of Vodka?
1.Nxd4+ Ke5+ 2.Nhf3#
wow… I love this..
All checks if I am not wrong..
Wow
Nh4+ Ke5+
N2f3+ NxN +
d4+ NxP +
Nf3+ NxN+
d4+ NxP+ wow/ kxP
Bf4 or Bb2 # respectively..
Lol
Chess is beautiful
White is giving the pieces away and winning without killing one..
Too many pins here…
Why all that?
1. Nh4+ Ke5
2. N2f3+ NxN
3. Bb2+ Nd4
4. Bxd4 Kxd4
5. Qxf6 35
6. Nf3#
@Banias
because NxN is a check