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      Home  >  Chess Improvement • Chess Puzzles  >  Saturday chess tactic

      Saturday chess tactic

      Chess tactic, Puzzle Solving


      Black to move. How should black proceed?

      Source: ChessToday.net

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      18 Comments

      1. Cesar Reply
        March 26, 2011 at 10:17 pm

        1…,Rh3+ 2.K:h3,Qh5+ 3.Kg2,Qh2+ followed by Qh3++ or Qh1++ depending on where the King goes on move 4.

      2. Anonymous Reply
        March 26, 2011 at 10:42 pm

        i think, black should play Rh3+. if the black king goes to the second rank, then Rh2+ wins the white queen, and if Kxh3, then:
        2. … Qh5+
        3. Kg3 Qh4+
        4. Kg2 Qh2+
        5. Kf1 Qh1# or
        Kf3 Qh3#
        greets, jan

      3. Yancey Ward Reply
        March 26, 2011 at 11:16 pm

        Sacrifice the rook to get the black queen in on the action with check is my first thought:

        1. …..Rh3
        2. Kh3

        On Kg2, black plays Rh2 and can win with Re2. I don’t have the time right now to do this right, but black will probably do better at move 2 in this line with Qh7 threatening Rb2 followed by Nh2 or Rf2 if white tries to cover h1 with Qf3. Continuing:

        2. …..Qh5
        3. Kg3

        Or [3.Kg2 Qh2 4.Kf3 (4.Kf1 Qh1#) Qh3#]. Continuing:

        3. …..Qh4 and black mates with Qh3 on Kf3, and mates with Qh2 followed by either Qh1 or Qh3 depending on whether white plays the king to f1 or f3 on move 5.

      4. roy_roger Reply
        March 26, 2011 at 11:55 pm

        1. . Rh3 followed by queen check to mate

      5. Mr. Zed Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 12:52 am

        I would play Bh4+ followed by Qb7.

      6. Anonymous Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 1:33 am

        Rh3 Turnout the lights, the party’s over.

      7. Anonymous Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 1:44 am

        Rh3+

      8. Firey_rook Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 2:07 am

        1…Rh3+

      9. Frederick Rhine Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 2:21 am

        1…Rh3+! mates or wins the queen.

      10. Prof S.G.Bhat Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 5:25 am

        1…. Rh3+
        2 Kxh3 (if Kg2 2… Rh2+ wins Q)
        2…… Qh5+
        3 Kg2 Qh2+
        3 Kf1 Qh1# ( else if
        3 Kf3 Qh3#)

      11. Haridaran Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 5:50 am

        1….. Rh3+! should do the trick.
        2. Kxh3 Qh5+
        3. Kg3 Qh4+
        4. Kg2 Qh2+
        and mate next move.

      12. Anonymous Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 7:13 am

        In an instant, it is clear that the best move would be;

        1….Rh3+
        If white opts for 2. Kh3 Then,
        2 Qh5+. Then the most logical move for white is 3 Kg2. Then,
        3….Qh2+. White could either go to Kf1 or Kf3 which will be mated by black´s queen at either Qh1 or Qh3.

        If white would not capture the rook at h3, it would result in loss of officials and leads to defeat.

        Thanks,

        Henry

      13. All-round Freak Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 7:44 am

        1…Rh3+ 2.Kxh3
        [2.Kg2 Rh2+ -+]
        2…Qh5+ 3.Kg3
        [3.Kg2 Qh2+ 4.Kf3 (4.Kf1 Qh1#) 4…Qh3#]
        3…Qh4+ 4.Kg2
        [4.Kf3 Qh3#]
        4…Qh2+ with mate to follow

        – SS

      14. Venky [ India - Chennai ] Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 8:38 am

        Hi Susan Polgar,

        Well,Black Piece can the game between 5 to 7 moves,based on the combination thats employed.

        Black Piece Wins the game.
        =========================
        1… qg7
        2.Qg2 bh4+
        3.Kf3 Ne5+
        4.Kc3 q*Qg2
        5.Rc7+ kb8
        6.Rc1 qe4+
        7.Kd2 qd3++ Mate.

        Black Piece wins the game.

        By
        Venky [ India – Chennai ]

      15. Chessforeva Dev Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 8:44 am

        Rh3+

      16. Anonymous Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 8:49 am

        1..Rh3!!

        If 2.Kg2? Rh2 winning the queen

        If 2.Kxh3 Qh5+
        3.Kg3 Qh4+ 4.Kg2 Qh2 5.Kf3 Qh3# (5.Kf1 Qh1#)

        3.Kg2 Qh2 4.Kf3 Qh3# (4.Kf1 Qh1#)

      17. Dick van Mersbergen Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 9:23 am

        Rh3+ wins, white is mated after Kxh3 (via Qh7+) or white loses lost of material to avoid mate.

      18. Anonymous Reply
        March 27, 2011 at 1:38 pm

        Another lie by Bill Goichberg, the most corrupt chess politician in the US., to get one of his cronies elected:

        On his website, Bill Goichberg writes,

        MIKE NIETMAN: Current Executive Board member and USCF Secretary, senior programmer/analyst for a large non-profit hospital, President of the Wisconsin Chess Association since 1987, organizer of many tournaments including the 1990 World Youth …

        Hmmmm. So Mike Nietman organized the 1990 World Youth in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin? Interesting. I was there in attendance. I raised thousands of dollars for the event and yet the name Mike Nietman was unknown to me at that time.

        From the time Singapore withdrew its bid to FIDE to run the World Youth in the spring of 1990, I worked with Don Schultz to raise money and find a site for the event lest it be cancelled in its entirety. Schultz was going to give up when I showed him how a financial model for the event could work. Schultz used that model and the thousands of dollars I raised from donations to organize the event. Strangely, Bill Goichberg gives credit to Mike Nietman instead of Don Schlultz who had a relative on site and had obtained the FIDE bid.

        If I raised the money and created the financial model and Don Schlultz picked up the ball with FIDE and ran with it, what organization did Mike Nietman do? Tables and chairs?

        Don Schlutz always claimed there was a (undocumented) loss on the event. Did Mike Nietman pick up the check for the loss? Don claims not. Don said he suffered the loss.

        If Mike Nietman was a volunteer on staff, it certainly does not make him the organizer. Even I would give credit to Don Schultz. Perhaps Bill Goichberg (who was not there in Fond du Lac) should quiz Mike Nietman on whether he really wants that claim on his resume.

        Richard Peterson

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