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      Home  >  Chess Improvement • Chess Puzzles  >  Overnight chess tactic

      Overnight chess tactic

      Chess tactic, Puzzle Solving


      White to move. How can White save this game?

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      22 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 6:52 am

        1. Ne8+ Kg5
        2. f4+ Kxf4
        3. Qh4+ Ke3
        4. Qg3+ Ke4
        5. Qf3#

      2. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 7:00 am

        Hi i m John from greece.
        I believe 1.Rd6+ 2.Qxd6 Ne8+ & NxQ

      3. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 7:04 am

        1.Rd6+ Qxd6 2.Ne8+ & 3.NxQ

      4. krokos10 Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 7:14 am

        Hi I’ m John from Greece. I believe
        1.Rd6+ Qxd6 2.Ne8+ & NxQ

      5. krokos10 Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 7:20 am

        1.Rd6+ QxR 2.Ne8+ & NxQ

      6. krokos10 Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 7:21 am

        1.rd6+ qxd6 2.ne8+ & nxq

      7. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 7:46 am

        Rd6 QxR
        Ne8 wins queen

      8. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 7:47 am

        Oeps. Didn’t see the pawn on a2. Back to the drawing board.

      9. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 8:03 am

        Ok this one should be better

        Ne8 Kg5
        f4 Kxf4
        Qh4 Ke3
        Qd4 Ke2
        Qd2#

      10. Erik Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 8:10 am

        1. Rd6+, Qxd6
        2. Ne8+ and wins the black queen.

        Erik
        Amsterdam

      11. dokterSpock Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 8:13 am

        1. Rd6+, Qxd6
        2. Ne8 and white wins black queen.

        Erik
        Amsterdam

      12. dokterSpock Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 8:21 am

        1. Rd6+, Qxd6
        2. Ne8+ and white wins black queen.

      13. A. Weiler Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 9:18 am

        1. Nd5
        Although Black can capture the Knight with 3 pieces, each capture leads to a loss. I will bring one example because I am tierd to put to writing all I saw.

        1..Nxd5
        2. Rf7+ Kg5
        3 h4+ Kg4
        4 Qxg6 and wins

      14. Vincs72 Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 9:41 am

        1.Nd8+ – Kg5
        if 1… Ke6 2.Qxe7#
        2.f4+ – Kxf4
        3.Qh4+ – Ke3
        4.Qf2 + – Ke4
        5.Qf3#

      15. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 10:25 am

        Rd6

      16. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 11:22 am

        1.Ne8+ Kg5
        2.f4+ Kf4:
        3.Qh4+ Ke3
        4.Qd4+ Ke2
        5.Qd2#

        or 1…. Ke6
        2.Qe7:#

      17. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 11:24 am

        1.Ne8+ Kg5 (Ke6 2.Qe7:#)
        2.f4+ Kf4:
        3.Qh4+ Ke3
        4.Qd4+ Ke2
        5.Qd2#

      18. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 11:30 am

        Nd5!

        now there are 2 options I think:

        a)… Nxd5. 2.Qh4+ and wins
        b)… Rxd5. 2. Qxe7++

        Greets

        Chessstyles

      19. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 11:32 am

        Nd5!

        now there are 2 options I think:

        a)… Nxd5. 2.Qh4+ and wins
        b)… Rxd5. 2. Qe7++

        Greets

        Chessstyles

      20. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 11:50 am

        1.Ne8+ Kg5 2.f4+ Kf4 3.Qh4+ Ke3 4.Qd4+ Ke2 5.Qd2+

      21. Nikolai Pilafov Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 12:59 pm

        Overnight chess tactic

      22. Anonymous Reply
        April 4, 2009 at 2:35 pm

        .Ne8+ Kg5 (Ke6 2.Qe7:#)
        2.f4+ Kf4:
        3.Qh4+ Ke3
        4.Qd4+ Ke2
        5.Qd2#

        or

        4 Q f2
        5 Q f3 Mate

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