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      Home  >  Chess Improvement • Chess Puzzles  >  Find the right continuation

      Find the right continuation

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      2rqrb2/p2nk3/bp2pnQp/4B1p1/2pP4/1PN4P/P1n3P1/3RR2K w – – 0 1

      White to move. What is the best continuation for White? No computer analysis please.

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      9 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        August 22, 2009 at 8:17 pm

        1.Nd5! deflects either e6 or Nf6, and mate follows.

        1…exd5 2.Qh7+ Bg7 3.Qxg7#/

        1…Nxd5 2.Bf6+ Kd6 3.Be5+ (preventing flight to the queenside) Ke7 4.Bd6#.

      2. Jochen Reply
        August 22, 2009 at 8:19 pm

        Black’s third knight does not help here. Perhaps he should have had promoted into a queen before!?

        1. Nd5+! quickly mates. 1.-
        -, Nxd5 2. Qh7+, Bg7 3. Qxg7# or 1. -, exd5 2. Bxf6++ (only two knights left now by the way), Kd6 3. Be5++ (double check again!), Ke7 4. Bd6#

        This is a nice one with the two consecutive double checks.

      3. Jaikov Reply
        August 22, 2009 at 8:41 pm

        Nd5+!

      4. Anonymous Reply
        August 22, 2009 at 9:42 pm

        I like 1 d5.

        If Black does not take at d5,
        2 d6#

        If 1 … Nxd5
        Nxd5+ exd5
        Bf6 (double check) Kd6
        BxQ dis ch Kc5
        RxR 1-0

        If 1 … exd
        Bxf6 (double check) Kd6
        BxQ dis ch Kc5
        RxR 1-0

        Mark

      5. Anonymous Reply
        August 22, 2009 at 9:54 pm

        1. d5

        Then if 1…ed, 2. Bxf6 wins the queen
        if 1… Nxd5, 2. Qh7+ mates after Bg7
        If 1… Rxe1, 2. d6 mate
        What else?

      6. Anonymous Reply
        August 23, 2009 at 12:56 am

        1.Nd5 exd5
        2.Bxf6+ win the queen

        1…Nd5
        2.Qh7+, Bg7
        3.Qg7++

      7. Sergio Reply
        August 23, 2009 at 1:25 am

        1.Nd5+! exd5 (1…Nxd5 2.Qh7+ Bg7 3.Qxg7 ++) 2.Bxf6+ Kd6 3.Be5+ Ke7 4.Bd6++

      8. John G. Reply
        August 23, 2009 at 2:34 am

        1. d5 can be answered by Nxe5 and then d6 is met with Kd7

        Better, I think, is

        1. Nd5+ xd5 (if Nxd5 then 2. Qh7+ Bg7 3. Qxg7#)
        2. Bxf6+ (double check) Kd6
        3. Bxd8+ Nf6
        4. Qxf6+ Re6
        5. Qxe6#

      9. bilcoy Reply
        August 23, 2009 at 3:09 am

        1. Nxd5+, Nxd5
        2. Qh7Mate

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