White to move and checkmate in 5. No computer lines please.
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White to move and checkmate in 5. No computer lines please.
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1.Ra7 Qxa7 2.c5 d5 3.Bxd5+ Kg6 4.f5+ Kxh7 5.TV2++
Mainline is:
1. d5+ d5
2. Bxd5+ Qxd5
3. Ra7+ Kg6
4. f5+ Kxh7
5. Rh2#
From Spain…..
1)c5+,d5
2)Bd5+,Qd5
3)Ra7+,Kg6
4)f5+,Kh7
5)Rh2++
1. Ra7 Q:a7 2. c5+ d5 3. B:d5+ Kg6 4. f5+ K:h7 5. Rh2#
1. Ra7
2. c5
3. Bd5
4. f5
5. Rh2##
1.c5+ d5 2. Ra7 Qxa7 3. Bxd5 Kg6 4. f5+ Kxh7 5.Rh2#
Hi. I think that the first move is
1.Ra7,Qxa7 2.c5+,d5 3.Bxd5,Kg6
4.f5+,KxN 5.Rh2++
1.Ra1 Qxa1
2.c5+ d4
3.Bxd4+ Kg6
4.f5+ Kxh7
5.Rh2.
c5 should get the win for white. Idea is to get the black king to move to g6 and then h7 (after f5+) and mate by Rh2.
If black responds to c5 with d5 (or Qd5), Ra7 should still force the issue.
I’m too lazy to write all the moves 🙂
Most of the chess tactics here start with a check on the opponent’s king…so much so that I now just ignore first moves that don’t involve a check 🙂
It’ll be nice to have some tactics where the first move does NOT involve a check. That way we can have more to think about 🙂
I think a rook sacrifice is enough.
1. Ra7 ..
i saw 2
1:
c5+ d5
Bxd5 Qxd5
Ra7+ Kg6
f5+ Kh6/7
Rh2#
2:
Ra7 Qha7
c5+ d5
Bxd5+ Kg6
f5+ Kh6/7
Rh2#
no holes here?
1. Ra7 Qxa7
2. c5+ d5
3. Bxd5+ Kg6
4. f5 Kxh7
5. Rh2 #
peon avanza jaque seguido de Ta7desvio de dama y luego Ad5+ Rg6,f5+ Rh7 Th2++
1. c5+, d5
2. c6, Qxc6
3. Ra7+, Kg6
4. f5+, Kxh7
5. Rh2++
I had my move order wrong at first, and it took 6 moves to
mate Black:
1. c5+ d5
2. Bxd5+ Qxd5
3. Ra7+ Qd7
4. Rxd7+ Kg6
5. f5+ Kxh7
6. Rh2#
Switching the order of moves did the trick:
1. Ra7 Qxa7
2. c5+ d5
3. Bxd5+ Kg6
4. f5+ Kxh7
5. Rh2#
Ra7-Qxa7,c5+-d5,Bxd5-Kg6,f5+-Kxh7,Rh2+#
Ra7-Qxa7,c5+-d5,Bxd5+-Kg6,f5+-Kxg7,Rh2+#
If the queen could be driven off the a8/h1 diagonal, white could check with c5, then check with f5 and mate with Rh2. Once I saw this sort of mate, it wasn’t hard to find the right beginning:
1. Ra7 Qa7
2. c5 Kg6
3. f5 Kh7/h6
4. Rh2# is mate in four, but black can delay one move with 2. …d5.
At move 1, I don’t think black’s alternatives change thinks- it is still mate in 5 or less:
1. Ra7 Qc7/d7/e7
2. RxQ Kg6
3. f5 Kh7/h6
4. Rh2#
Or
1. Ra7 Re8
2. Rb7 and black blocks or is mated in less than five.
Or
1. Ra7 Rh8
2. c5 d5
3. Bd5 and mate follows as before since g8 is unavailable for the king.
Ra7 Qxa7 (or Rd8 to support d5, which allows Rxb7 and mate in 3), c5+ d5, Bxd5+ Kg6, f5+ Kxh7, Rh2#..forced. Easy to spot i mean you work out the combination around the discovered check. Once you have it you simply look for a way to challenge the queen, as it is covering key-square d5.
1.c5+ d5 2.Ra7!!
A)2…Qxa7 3.Bxd5 Kg6 4.f5+ Kh6/xh7 5.Rh2 mate
B)2…Rb8 3.Bxd5+ idem
C)2…Rd8 3.Rxb7+ Rd7 4.Bxd5+ mates in 6 (i just realized it)
So 1.Ra7! at once should be better
so 1…Rd8 (the other variations follow the same way they did back in my previous solution
2.Rxb7+ Rd7 3.Rxd7+ Kg6 4.f5+ Kh6/xh7 5.Rh2 mate !
1. c5+ d5
2. cxd5+ Qxd5
3. Ra7+ Kg6
4. f5+ Kxh7
5. Rh2+ mate
@Anonymous 1:11pm
How ironic that this particular puzzle is an example of what you wished for 🙂 (since your proposed solution starting with 1.c5+ does not mate in 5 as was stipulated, but 1.Ra7 does.
1. c5+ d5
2. Ra7 Qxa7
(2.. Rh8 or 2.. Rb8
are exactly the same line)
3. Bxd5+ Kg6
4. f5+ Kxh7
5. Rh2#