Kubbel 1925, presented by Andreas
White to move. How should White proceed?
7K/8/b7/8/6B1/2p5/q4Pk1/4Q3 w – – 0 2
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OK. So I usually never comment, but this one is funny to me for some reason. I kept thinking forcing moves with Qe4+ but nothing came of it. Then I considered Bishop checks. Bh3+ King takes, then the Queen checks, King moves and then the pawn checks(!!!) with a discovered attack on the black Queen! Fun!!
1.Bh3+ Kxh3
(1…Kh2 2.Qe5+ Kg1
(2…Kxh3 3.Qg3#)
(2…Kh1 3.Qe4+ Kg1 4.Qg2#)
3.Qg3+ Kh1 4.Qg2#)
(1…Kf3 2.Qe3#)
2.Qg1 Kh4
3.Qh2+ Kg5 (the trick, the King cannot stop the check from pawn and losing the Queen)
4.f4+ Kg4
5.Qxa2 Bd3
1.Qe4+
Hi Susan Polgar,
Well,nice puzzle but not tough one.
Anyway,I will wait to see others,set of moves for this puzzle,if I differ from others set of moves for this chess puzzle,then I will post my set of moves for this chess puzzle.
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]
1 Bh3+ kxh3 or else mate in a few moves
2 Qg1 kh4
3 Qh2+ kg4
4 f3+ kxf3
5 Qxa2 ke3
6 Qc2 or if Qxa6 black draws with bishop pawn and the white king far away
… kd4
7 Kg7 bd3
8 Qc1 c2
and now white must drive the black king to the side to mate, without allowing the black king to draw by connecting appropriately to the c pawn.
1. Bh3+ Kxh3
2. Qg1!
And white wins the black queen and the game.
1. QE3 QD5 (QxF2 2. QH3#)
2. QG3+ KF1
3. BH3+ KE1
4. QE3+ …
Ok, lost track. Still think the first move is ok.
Gondo
Further to my previous comment:
after, say,
9 Kf6 kc3
can White actually manage to win?
I vaguely recall a similar position a long while ago, where Yancey showed a win where I had thought not?!
I’ve now found that White wins after taking the bishop, by:
6 Qxa6 kq2
7 Qa5 kc2
8 Qb4
for if:
8 … kd3
9 Kg7 c2
10 Qk1
Nevertheless, the position where White doesn’t take the bishop seems to me very instructive to think about!
Hi Susan Polgar,
Well,already others had given here the logic to solve this puzzle, nothing to add further.
So now,I will show some interesting variations with possible least number of moves for White to win the game.
Example 1
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1.Bh3+ Kf3
2.Qe3++ Mate
Example 2
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1.Bh3+ Kh2
2.Qe5+ K*Bh3
3.Qg3++ Mate
Example 3
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1.Bh3+ Kh2
2.Qe5+ Kg1
3.Qg3++ Mate
Example 4
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1.Bh3+ Kh2
2.Qe5+ Kh1
3.Qe4+ Kg1
4.Qg2++ Mate
Example 5 [ Variations Exist ]
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1.Bh3+ K*Bh3
2.Qh1+ Kg4
3.Qg2+ Ke4
4.f3+ K*f3
5.Q*Qa2 Bd3
6.Qd2 c2
7.Q*Bd3+ Kf4
8.Q*c2 Ke5
9.Qd3 Kf4
10.Qe2 Kf5
11.Kg7 Kf4
12.Kf6 Kg3
13.Kf5 Kh3
14.Kf4 Kh4
15.Kg4++ Mate
White wins the game.
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]