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Checkmate in 3

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White to move and checkmate in 3.

8/8/7b/8/1NpN4/2p1p3/2p1P3/kbK5 w – – 0 1

Loyd, 1792

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  1. Anonymous Reply

    Ne6!

  2. Perham Reply

    Ne6 B~ NxB Ba2 Nxc2#

  3. Ignacio Barros Barreto Reply

    Ne6. Domination.

  4. Anonymous Reply

    1.Ne6!

  5. PROF.S.G.BHAT Reply

    Loyd’s problems are crisp and beautiful.
    1.Ne6 B(h6) moves
    2.N captures it Ba2
    3.Nxc2#

  6. Harry Hariharan Reply

    1.Ne6!!! Trapping the black color black bishop.
    >A-1…Ba2.2.Nxc2#
    >B-1…Bf8/g7/h6/g5/f4.2.NxBf8/…..Ba2.3.Nxc2#

    Harry

  7. s.k.srivastava Reply

    1Ne6 mate in 3

  8. kibitzer Reply

    1. Ne6! and Black’s only move is to move the black bishop which leads to its capture. For example,
    1. … Bf8
    2. Nxf8 and black’s only move is
    Ba2
    3. Bxc2#

  9. Anonymous Reply

    1. Nd4-e6 Bh6-f8
    2. Ne6xBf8 Bb1-a2
    3. Nb4xc2#

  10. Anonymous Reply

    A nice one, just make sure the bishop on b1 has to move and mate on c2: Ne6! eleminates the other bishop to force that.

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