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      Home  >  Chess Improvement • Chess Puzzles  >  Checkmate in 5

      Checkmate in 5

      Chess tactic, Puzzle Solving

      White to move and checkmate in 5.

      B7/4K3/6r1/7k/7p/4B3/8/8 w – – 0 3

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      9 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        July 1, 2009 at 4:29 pm

        1.Bf3+ Rg4
        2.Kf6 h3
        3.Kf5 h2
        4.Bxg4 Kh4
        5. Bf2#

      2. Anonymous Reply
        July 1, 2009 at 4:32 pm

        kf7

      3. jan Reply
        July 1, 2009 at 5:04 pm

        1. Bf3+ Rg4
        2. Kf6 h3
        3. Kf5 h2
        4. Bxg4+ Kh3
        5. Bf2++

        something like that…

      4. jcheyne Reply
        July 1, 2009 at 5:21 pm

        1. Bf3+ Rg4
        2. Kf6 h3
        3. Bg5 h2
        4. Kf5 h1(Q or whatever)
        5. Bxg4#

        No other posts are showing, but this cannot be the first one.

      5. Ciaran Reply
        July 1, 2009 at 5:40 pm

        1.Bf3+ Rg4 2.Kf6 h3 3.Kf5 h2 4.Bxg4+ Kh4 5.Bf2#

      6. Yancey Ward Reply
        July 1, 2009 at 5:50 pm

        1. Bf3 Rg4
        2. Kf6 h3
        3. Kf5 h2
        4. Bg4 Kh4
        5 Bf2

      7. snuffles Reply
        July 1, 2009 at 6:02 pm

        1)Bf3+ Rg4
        2)Kf6 h3
        3)Bg5 h2
        4)Kf4 h1Q
        5)Bxg4#

      8. Anonymous Reply
        July 1, 2009 at 6:04 pm

        Bf3 Rg4
        Kf6 h3
        Bg5 h2
        Kf5 h1=
        Bg4#

      9. Anonymous Reply
        July 1, 2009 at 6:43 pm

        1. Bf3+ Rg4
        2. Kf6 h3
        3. Bg5 h2
        4. Kf5 h1 (Q or any)
        5. Bxg4 ++

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