White to move and checkmate in 6. No computer lines please.
1r1n2k1/2p1B1pp/8/5B1P/4pNn1/4rPPR/p4q2/3Q3K w – – 0 1
Checkmate in 6
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White to move and checkmate in 6. No computer lines please.
1r1n2k1/2p1B1pp/8/5B1P/4pNn1/4rPPR/p4q2/3Q3K w – – 0 1
Sorry but White is lost. Hopeless.
I found a forced line, I think.
1. Qxd8 Rxd8
2. Be6+ Kh8
3. Ng6+ hxg6
4. hxg6 Nh6
5. Rxh6 gxh6
6. Bf6#
Another line:
After
1. Qxd8 Kf7
2. Be6#
qd5+ and then ng6+ in 20 seconds.
1 Qd5+ Kh8
2 Ng6+ hxN
3 hxg+ Nh6
4. RxN+ gxR
5. Bf6#
The 6 moves is if black delays the inevitabl by 1. …Ne6, then simply QxN+
Then again 1 …Nf7 ruins that….
Maybe he’s hopeless…
… or he could play
1. Qxd8+ Rxd8
2. Be6+ Kh8
3. Ng6+ hxg6
4. hxg6+ Nh6
5. Rxh6+ gxh6
6. Bf6#
1. Qxd8+ Rxd8
2. Be6+ Kh8
3. Ng6+ hxg6
4. hxg6+ Nh6
5. Rxh6+ gxh6
6. Bf6#
Much easier to solve than to create.
Sweet!
Here’s the line (no computer help):
1.Qxd8+ Rxd8
2.Be6+ Kh8
3.Ng6+ hxg6
4.hxg6+ Nh6
5.Rxh6+ gxh6
6.Bf6#
Q.E.D.
Ahhh, my mistake, I missed the fact that after QxN Black could escape with Kf7. Qd5+ is the right first move.
1. Qxd8+ Rxd8
2. Be6+ Kh8
3. Ng6+ hxg6
4. hxg6+ Nh6
5. Rxh6+ gxh6
6. Bf6++
seems so…
1. Qxd8+, Rxd8 [1. -, Kf7 2. Bg6+ (#3)] 2. Be6+, Kh8 3. Ng6+, hxg6 4. hxg6+, Nh6 5. Rxh6+, gxh6 6. Bf6#
This one was much easier then the last one though it was three moves longer. Took me about half a minute.
I hope I did not err with the squares while posting as I did not look at the diagramme.
1. Qd5+ Nf7 and white appears to be out of options. I like
1. Qxd8+ Rxd8
2. Be6+ Kh8
3. Ng6+ hg
4. hg+ Nh6
5. Rh6+ gh
6. Bf6++
and if 1. … Kf7, 2. Be6++
“and if 1. … Kf7, 2. Be6++”
What a simple trick!! 2. Bg6+ mating in three moves as written above can be the only convincing continuation.
🙂
Nice, overseen mate in one, hasn’t happened for a long time (I hope)…
Clownish wishes from Germany and a good morning to all the chess enthusiasts all over the world!
Jochen