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      Home  >  Chess Improvement • Chess Puzzles  >  Extreme tactic

      Extreme tactic

      Chess tactic, Puzzle Solving


      White to move. Can White hold this position?

      Hint: This is a difficult puzzle – No computer analysis please

      rnq1rk2/4bbp1/1np5/1p1pNP2/pP1P1BP1/P1N5/B6Q/6K1 w – – 0 1

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      19 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 4:02 pm

        Ng6

      2. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 4:12 pm

        1.Qh8+,Bg8
        2.Ng6+,Kf7
        3.Ne5+,Kf8= (3…Kf6 4.Qh4#)

      3. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 4:19 pm

        correction: (3…Kf6 4.Qg4+,g5 5.Qxg5#)

      4. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 4:23 pm

        Ng6+!

        and white wins

        Petrotal

      5. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 4:29 pm

        If there is a white win, “White to move. Can White hold this position?” is a bit misleading.

      6. leprechaun Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 4:30 pm

        Well, at least white has a draw with:

        1. Qh8+ Bg8
        2. Ng6+ Kf7
        3. Ne5+ Kf8
        4. Ng6+ =

        If 3… Kf6??
        4. Qh4+ g5
        5. Qh6#

        May be this is it… or I have missed something in between, still I can find no forced win! 🙂

      7. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 4:36 pm

        Ng6 Bxg6, then what?

      8. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 5:07 pm

        1.Qh8+ Bg8 2.Ne4! is the solution; with the addition of another attacker its just all over.

      9. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 5:24 pm

        1Ng6 Bxg6
        2xg6 1-0

        2…Bd6(bd8 3Bd6+ 1-0
        3Bxd6 Kg8(Re2 4Qh8#
        4Qh7 Kf8
        5Qh8#

      10. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 5:32 pm

        ↑mis sorry
        1Ng6+ Bxg6
        2xg6 1-0

        2…Bd6(Bd8 3Bd6+ 1-0
        3Bxd6+ Kg8(Re2 4Qh8#
        4Qh7#

      11. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 5:41 pm

        1.Ng6+? Bxg6 2.fxg6 Qxg4+ (among others) and Black wins easily.

      12. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 6:24 pm

        draw?

      13. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 6:54 pm

        1. Qh8 Bg8 2. Ne4 and black cannot defend the threats of Bh6 and Nf6

      14. leprechaun Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 6:54 pm

        Ah! I guess both Knights do the trick!!!

        1. Qh8+ Bg8
        2. Ke4!! Ra7/Rd8/Qc7/Nd7/Nc4/whatever!
        3. Bh6! Bf6 (3… gxf6 4. Qh6#)
        4. Ng6+ Kf7
        5. Ng5+ Bxg5
        6. Qxg7#

        Or 3… Bd8
        4. Ng6+ Kf7
        5. Qxg7#

        Of course if:

        2… Bf6
        3. Ng6+ Kf7
        4. Nd6#

        I hope this is it!!!

      15. ugasoft Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 7:52 pm

        ok, let’s definitively solve it.

        1.Qh8+,Bg8
        2.Ne4!

        now there are a lot of possibilities for Black… all lead to a lose!

        2…. ,dxe4
        3.Qxg8#

        2…. ,Qd8
        3.Bh6 ,Bf6
        4.Ng6+,Kf7
        5.Ng5+,Bxg5
        6.Qxg7#

        2…. ,Bf6
        3.Ng6+,Kf7
        4.Nd6#

        2…. ,Rd8
        3.Ng6+,Kf7 ( 3….Ke8 4.Qxg8+ and white wins in a few moves)
        4.Be5 ,Bf8
        5.Nxf8,Rxf8 (others continuations are worst)
        6.Qxg7+,Ke8
        7.Kd6+ ,Kd8
        8.Nb7+ ,Ke8 (8….,Qxb7 9.Qxf8+,Kd7 10.Qg7+,Kd8 11.Qxg8+,Kd7 12.Qf7+,Kd8 13.Qf8+,Kd7 14. f6 … and white will win)

        best continuation should be
        2…. ,Bc5
        3.Ng6+,Kf7
        4.Ng5+,Kf6
        5.bxc5,…
        [here the white is going to move Be5+, unuseful are 5….Re1+ 6.Kf2,Qe8 (or 6….N8d7) or 5….N8d7 , white will mates in a few moves]
        5…. ,Qxf5 (LOL)
        6.gxf5,N8d7
        7.Qh4 ,Kxf5
        8.Ba2 ,Re4
        9.Nxe4, … white will win

      16. Anonymous Reply
        September 14, 2008 at 9:11 pm

        1. Ng6+

      17. Ogion The Silent Reply
        September 15, 2008 at 4:30 am

        I think this solution has been found already by Leprechaun

        1. Qh8+ Bg8
        2. Ne4 N8d7
        3. Bh6 gxh6
        ( 3… Nxe5 4. Qxg7# )
        ( 3… Bf6 4. Ng6+ Kf7 5. Nd6# )
        4. Qxh6#

        An absolutely extreme puzzle!

      18. Markus Reply
        September 15, 2008 at 11:01 am

        As I don’t see a correct solution right now, let’s try :
        1. Qh8+ Bg8
        2. Ng6+ Kf7
        3. Be5 Bf6 (only move)
        4. Ne4
        so there is a mating threat with Kd6 and Kg5 followed by Qxg7. Game over.
        I think 3. Be5 is the key move to solve this, isn’t it ?

      19. Markus Reply
        September 15, 2008 at 11:30 am

        upps…small correction : so there is a mating threat with Nd6 and Ng5 followed by Qxg7. sorry about that.

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