White to move. How can White save this game?
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White to move. How can White save this game?
8/1bp4B/p1kbK3/Pp1R1N2/3P4/1Pn4p/4p2P/2r5 w – – 0 1
guess..
1. Ke7+ Bxe7
2. Rc5+ Bxc5
3. Be4+ Kxe4
4. d5 ++
=)
1. Ne7 Be7
2. Rc5 Bc5
3. Be4 Ne4
4. d5 mate
1.Ne7 ch! Bxe7 (only move) 2.Rc5 ch Bxc5 (only move) 3.Be4 ch Nxe4 (3…Nd5 4.Bxd5# 1-0) 4.d5# 1-0. Pretty neat that White ended up sacrificing both of its minor pieces & rook to checkmate Black. (RIGF)
Ne7, Rc5, Be4, d5#
1. Ne7+ Bxe7
2. Rc5+ Bxc5
3. Be4+ Nxe4
4. d5#
Ne7+, Bxe7, Rc5+ BXc5, Be5+, Nxe5, d5 mate
Rc5 doesn’t work. The black’s bishop has to be on c5 for the mate to work, so the Knight has to check first.
Play should go:
1) Ne7+ Bxe7 (Clearance Sac)
2) Rc5+ Bxc5
3) Be4+ Nxe4
4) d5#
Brad H.
This looks to me like a composed position, not from an actual game. If so it is not a modern kind of problem, but either an ancient one or one composed by someone just starting out in composition. It is a straightforward sacrificial orgy:
1. Ne7+ Bxe7 2. Rc5+ Bxc5 3. Be4+ Nxe4 (3… Nd5 4. Bxd5#) 1-0
There appear to be no “cooks”, but there is a dual mate at the end.
1.Rc5+ Bxc5
2.d5+ Nxd5
3.Ne7+ Nxe7
4.Be4+ Nd5
5.Bxd5#
1. Ne7+ Bxe7
2. Rc5+ Bxc5
3. Be4+ Nxe4
4. e5#
this will hardly ever come up in a real game, but white has to sacrifice first the knight, then the rook and then the bishop to mate with the pawn:
1. Ne7+ Bxe7
2. Rc5+ Bxc5
3. Be4+ Nxe4
4. d5#
greets, jan
Hello
1. Ne7+ , Bxe7
2. Rc5+ , Bxd5
3. Be4+ , Nxe4
4. d5#
Greetings from Spain
This results in a forced mate. Only the correct sequence of checks is a (little) problem:
1.Ne7+ Bxe7
2.Rc5+ Bxc5
3.Be4+ Nxe4
4.d5#
It’s nice !
1.Ne7+ Bxe7
2.Rc5+ Bxc5
3.Be4+ Nxe4
4.d5++ !
you give away all the pieces to give mate with a pawn… I like
Hello Miss Polgar, Mr Hisyam fell short of the solution! As you know the knight can take on d5! Now knight to d4 is mate
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I think white has to do this:
1 Rc5+ Bxc5
2 d5+ Nxd5
3 Nd4#
Best from Hungary
Khairie of course is right, I just add the last moves:
1. Rc5+ Bxc5
2. d5+ Nxd5
3. Nd4 mate
From Spain…
1)Ne7+,Be7
2)Rc5+,Bc5
3)Be4+,Ne4
4)d5++
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Hello Khairie Hisyam..
1)Rc5+??,Bc5
2)d5+,Nd5 -+
Greetings from Spain
White, who is way down in material, can win only by giving away his remaining officers, and rely only on pawn power!
1. Se7+ Lxe7
2. Tc5+ Lxc5
3. Le4+ Sxe4
4. d5 mate
Rc5+ or Ne7 1-0
1.Ne7+ Bxe7 2.Rc5+ Bxe5 3.Be4+ followed by 3…Nxe4 4.d5++ or 3…Nd5 4.Bxd5++
I’m thinking Ne7+, Rc5+, Be4+, d5 mate. Only in that order…
Its easy one.
1. Ne7+ Bxe7 2. Rc5+ Bxc5 3. Be4+ Nxe4 4. d5# *
1. Ne7+ Bxe7 2. Rc5+ Bxc5 3. Be4+ Nxe4 4. d5# *
White needs to lose a few more pieces:
1. Ne7+ Bxe7
2. Rc5+ Bxc5
3. Be4+ Nxe4
4. d5#
You need to lose 3 pieces before you win …
You need to lose 3 pieces before you can win …
@Khairie Hisyam: d5 isn’t mate, black has Nxd5.
The solution is quite nice:
1.Nd7+…Bxd7(forced)
2.Rc5+…Bxc5 (forced)
3.Be4+…
a) Nxe4, 4.d5#
b) Nd5, 4.Bxd5#
You will need to lose 3 pieces before you can win …
You will have to lose 3 pieces if you want to win …
1.Nd7+ and sac all the pieces!!
Awesome stuff.
the thing to notice is white must hurry before black promotes with a check and that black’s king has no moves. If white can check it could be mate. 1.Rc5 looks nice but after 1…Bxc5 2. d5 doesn’t work because the Knight covers d5. If we can rid d5 of that Knight, d5 is a mate. Therefore:
1. Ne7 (line clearence) Bxe7 2. Rc5 Bxc5 3. Be4 (deflection) Nxe4 4. d5
The humble d-pawn decides. This position also illustrates the concept of good and bad king positions. Despite the army surrounding him, black was defenceless against the well positioned white king and his foot soldier.
Oops! I meant 1. Ne7+ and sac all the pieces!!
1. Ne7+ Bxe7 2. Rc5+ Bxc5 3. Be4+ Nxe4 4. d5#
This is mate in 4
1.Ne7+ 1.Bxe7
2.Rc5+ 2.Bxc5
3.Be4+ 3.Nxe4
4.d5# mate
White needs an exact sequence:
1. Ne7 Be7
2. Rc5 Bc5
3. Be4 Ne4
4. d5#
It took a while but I think this works.
How about:
1. Rc5+ BxR
2. d5+ Kxd
3. Kd4#
1.Ne7+ clearing the way for the bishop, 1…Bxe7 2.Rc5+ clearing the other diagonal 2…Bxc5 3.Be4+ deviation of the knight 3…Nxe4 4.d5 mate!
1. Ne7+ to make it possible for bishop to go to e4.
1..Bxe2 2. Rc5+ Bxc5 and now c5 is blocked for the black king and we don’t need the pawn on d4 for this purpose anymore. 3. Be4+ Nxe4 4 d5#
@US,
Yes, I see that now. In my excitement I forgot about the black knight. The line clearance move is very nice indeed.
I think white has to play first
1.Ne7+ and if 1…Bxe7 2.Rc5+!Bxc5
3.Be4+ deviating the black knight 3…Nxe4 and 4.d5 checkmate