White to move. How should White proceed?
5R2/1p1rq1kp/1r6/p4Q1P/P4R2/4p1P1/2Pp4/3K4 w – – 0 1
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White to move. How should White proceed?
5R2/1p1rq1kp/1r6/p4Q1P/P4R2/4p1P1/2Pp4/3K4 w – – 0 1
Nice one 🙂
1. Rg4+ Rg6
2. h6+ Kxh6
3. Rxg6+ hxg6
4. Qh3+ Kg7
5. Qh8+ mate!
Rg4+ -> h6+ exchange rooks and Qh3+ with mate to follow.
I had to solve this one with trial and error.
1. Rg4 Rg6
Or [Kh6 2.Qf4 Kh5 3.Rf5 Qg5 4.Qg5#]. Continuing:
2. h6
With the threatened mate of e2, and the once protected rook at f8, moves like hg6 or Rg6 simply fail. This left h6 by default, but it worked:
2. …..Kh6
3. Rg6
This works now because it allows white’s fourth move to occur with check:
3. …..hg6
4. Qh3 Kg7 (Kg5 5.Qh4#)
5. Qh8#
Technically a mate in 6, but I ignored the queen block at move 4 for black.
1. Rg4+ Rg6 *
2. h6+ Kxh6
3. Rxg6+ hxg6
4. Qh3+ Kg7 **
5. Qh8#
*
or if 1… Kh6 (after 1. Rg4+)
2. Qf4+ Kxh5
3. Rf5+ wins
**
or if 4… Kg5
5. Qh5#
Hello, my name is Von Trapp
1.Rg4+ Rg5
2.h6+ Kxh6
3.Rxg5+ hxg5
4.Qh3+ Qh4 (4. … Kg5, 5.Qh4++)
5.Qxh4+ Kg7
6.Qh8++
1.Rg4+ Kh6
2.Qf4+ Kxh5
3.Rf5+ Qg5
4.Qxg5++
Since black is threatening checkmate it has to be rather forcing
Rg4+ Kh6 R8f6+ Rxf6 Qg5# is cute but not blacks best defense
Rg4+ Kh6 R8f6+ Qxf6 and the party is over
Rg4+ Kh6 Qg6+ hxg6 Rh8# hahaha
Rg4+ Rg6 h6+ Kxh6 Rh4+ Kg7 Rxh7#
1.Rg4 Rg6 (1…Kh6 2.Qf4)
2.h6 Kh6
3.Rg6 hg
4.Qh3 mate in 1
Ok here it goes:
1. Rg4+
(A) …Kh6 2.Qf4+ (i) …Qg5 3. QxQ# so better is 2…Kxh5 3. Rf5+ Qg5 4.QxQ# other follows:
1… Rg6 2.h6!+ KxP (only move) 3.RxR+ PxR (forced) 4.Qh3+ (i) …Kg5 5.Qh4# or Kg7 5.Qh8#
😉
The following variation can also be played too.
1.Rg4+ Qg5 2.RxQ+ Rg6 3.h6!+ Kxp (only move) 4.RxR+ PxR (only move) 5Qh3+ (i) …Kg5 6.Qh4# or …Kg7 6.Qh8#
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Hi.
This is a interesting puzzle. Sadly, I don’t understand the solution posted. The solution doesn’t seem to be in the standard algebraic notation that your books use, nor is it the ‘old standard’ that references movements from the player’s starting positions, e.g, P-K4.
I would love to see the solution in one of these notational standards, though.
A couple of real nice themes in this problem.
1. Rg4+ Rg6
2. h6+ Kxh6
3. Rxg6+ hxg6
4. Qh3+ Kg7
5. Qh8+ mate!
Erik Fokke,
Amsterdam, Netherlands