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Gibraltar Chess Tactic

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Black to move. How should black proceed?

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  1. Anthony Cecere Reply

    Too easy! …Nc3. bxN Ba3. Mate to follow

  2. Joshua Morris Reply

    Qxg1 Rxg1 Rxe4

  3. Anthony Cecere Reply

    Oops, small tweener overlooked. …Nc3+, pxN QxQ, RxQ Ba3 is more forcing.

  4. Anand Gautam Reply

    Very elegant!
    All White moves are pretty much forced.

    1. … Nc3+!!
    2. bxc3 Qxe3!
    3. Rxe3 Ba3
    4. Re8+ Rxe8
    5. Rd1 Rxd1
    6. Rxc1+#

  5. Manish Shrikhande Reply

    1. … Nc3+
    2. bxc3 Ba3 leading to win for black.

  6. Anonymous Reply

    Thematic mate — nice but rather easy.

  7. Oleg Mezjuev Reply

    1. … Nc3+ 2. bxc3 (a. 2. Ka1 Rxc1+ 3. Qxc1 Qxc1#; b. 2. Qxc3 Rxc1#) Ba3 3. Qxg1 Rxg1 and checkmate on c1 is inevitable. 1-0

  8. Prof.S.G.Bhat Reply

    Very interesting.
    1….. Nc3+
    2.bxc3
    If 2.Qxc3
    Not 2….. Rxc3?
    3Rd8+ Bxd8
    4.Re8#
    But 2.Rxc1#
    2…… Qxe3
    3.Rxe3 Ba3
    Now mate can not be prevented

  9. pht Reply

    1. … Nc3+!
    2. Bxc3 (Ka1 Rxc1+, Qxc3 Rxc1#)
    2. … Ba3!
    And there is no protection of the pinned Bc1, only sacks Re1 and Rd1 to delay, Rxc1 Qxc1 Qxc1# will follow.

    Rc8 must stay completely out of this.

  10. Yancey Ward Reply

    Quite pretty, and for me, hard to find. Indeed, I didn’t even look at 1. …Nc3 until the anonymous commenter stated it was a thematic mate. I only had eyes for Qxe3, which wins convincingly, but by using the same theme later in the line:

    1. …..Qe3
    2. Re3 Nc3

    Forking the other rook instead…

    3. Rc3

    Or, if 3.ab3, black will mate starting with 3. …Ba3. Continuing:

    3. …..Rc3!

    And white still can’t take at c3 without allowing the mate.

    Of course, black does even better by playing 1. …Nc3 immediately since the mate can’t now be avoided.

  11. Anonymous Reply

    Joshua,It is Black to move, not white to move!

    1……Nc3+
    2.bxc3.Qxe3 1-0 threatening
    3.Rxe3.Ba3
    4……Rxc1#
    Black has no worthwhile defense; he can only delay the mate.

    Harry

  12. Anthony Cecere Reply

    Can you start letting us know what the last move played was?

  13. Prof.S.G.Bhat Reply

    Dear Yancey,
    I am not convinced about your variation.
    1…. Qxe3
    2Rxe3 Nc3+
    3.Rxc3 Rxc3
    4.bxc3 Ba3
    5.Rd8+ black seems to be in trouble.
    Am I missing something?

  14. Yancey Ward Reply

    You are correct, S.G. Bhat, though it took me a while to figure out what I had wrong. I had black’s king on g8 instead of h8 when I did the analysis.

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