White to move. How can White save this game? No computer lines please.
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Rg3+ Kd4
Ne6+ Kc4
Ne5+ Kb5
Rb3+ Ka4
Nc5+ Ka5
Nb7+
Perhaps a draw is achievable. Or maybe there is other lines..
1.Rg3+ Kd4 2.Ne6+ Kc4 3.Ne5+ Kb5 4.Rb3+ Ka6(4…Nb4 5.Rxb4+ Ka6 6.Nxc7+ Ka7 7.Nc6++ (5…Ka5 6.Nc6+ Ka6 7.Nc5++), 4…Ka4 5.Nc5++ Ka5 6.Nc6++, 4…Ka5 5.Nc6+ Ka6 6.Nc5++) 5.Nc5+ Ka7 6.Nc6+ Ka8 7.Rb8++.
-mark m.
“Well, Slim, it’s lookin’ kinda bleak.”
“Sure is, Dusty. Unless the cavalry comes chargin’ over that there hill, we’re a-gonners fer sure.”
1. Rg3+ Kd4 (forced)
(Cue cavalry.)
2. Ne6+ Kc4 (forced)
3. Ne5+ Kb4 (forced)
4. Rb3+ Ka6 (or 4. … Nb4 5. Rxb4+ etc.; 4. … Ka4 5. Nc5+ Ka5 6. Nc4#; 4. … Ka5 5. Nc6 Ka6 or Ka4 6. Nc5#)
5. Nc5+ Ka7 (5. … Ka5 6. Nc4# or Nc6#)
6. Nc6+ Ka8
7. Rb8#
Rg3+ leads to a forced mate in seven for White!
I think it’s forced, apart from pospositions… so
Rg3
Ne6
Ne5
Rb3
now
a) 4. .. Ka4; 5. Nc5 .. Ka5; 6. Nc6#
b) 4. .. Ka5; 5. Nc6 .. Ka6 (Ka4 is a transposition of the line above); 6. Nc5#
c) 4. .. Ka6; 5. Nc5; 6. Nc6; 7. Rb8#
Sorry if i have reported almost exclusively the moves from White but most of the replies were forced.
Hello, I think this:
Rg3+, Kd4
Ne6+, Kc4
Ne5+, Kb5
Rb3+, Ka4
Nc5+, Ka5
Nc4#
1. Rg3 Kd4
2. Ne6 Kc4
3. Ne5 Kb5
4. Rb3 and now there are a few options for black:
4. …..Ka4
5. Nc5 Ka5
6. Nc4#
Or
4. …..Ka5
5. Nc6 Ka6 (Ka4 6. Nc5#)
6. Nc5#
Or
4. …..Ka6
5. Nc5 Ka7 (Ka5 6. Nc4#)
6. Nc6 Ka8
7. Rb8#
1. Rg3+ Kd4
2. Ne6+ Kc4
3. Ne5+ Kb5
4. Rb3+ Ka4
5. Nc5+ Ka5
6. Nc4++
Hello
1. Rg3+ , Kd4
2. Ne6+ , Kc4
3. Ne5+ , Kb5
4. Rb3+
Four options for black
A)
4. …. , Ka4
5. Nc5+ , Ka5+
6. Nc4# or Nc6#
B)
4. …. , Nb4
5. Rxb4+, Ka6
6. Nxc7+, Ka5 ( Ka7 7. Nc6# )
7. Nc4# or Nc6#
C)
4. …. , Ka5
5. Nc6+ , Ka6 or Ka4
6. Nc5#
D)
4. …. , Ka6
5. Nc5+ , Ka7 (Ka5 6. Nc4# or Nc6#)
6. Nc6+ , Ka8
7. Rb8#
Greetings from Spain
1. Rg3+ Kd4
2. Ne6+ Kc4
3. Ne5+ Kb5
4. Rb3+
alternative lines:
4. … Ka4
5. Nc5+ Ka5
6. Nc6#
or
4. … Ka5
5. Nc6+ Ka4/a6
5. Nc5#
or
4. … Ka6
5. Nc5+ Ka7 (5… Ka5, 6. Nc6#)
6. Nc6+ Ka8
7. Rb8#
Is it really possible?
Incredibly white wins!
1. Rg3+ Kd4 2. Ne6+ Kc4 3. Ne5+ Kb5 4. Rb3+ and there is mate by the knights checking in unison and covering the a file or supporting the rook to clinch it at b8. Black can delay this one move by sacrificing his knight.
Rg3 Kd4 Nf8e6 Kc4 Ng6e5 Kb5 Rb3 …
The king is now trapped in the A rank, and the knights can move in for the kill.
1. Rg3+ Kd4 (forced)
2. Ne6+ Kc4 (forced)
3. Ne5+ Kb5 (forced)
4. Rb3+
(a) 4…Ka4 5. Nc5+ Ka5 6. Nc6#
(b) 4…Ka5 5. Nc6+ Ka4 6. Nc5#
(c) 4…Ka5 5. Nc6+ Ka6 6. Nc5#
(d) 4…Ka6 5. Nc5+ Ka7 6. Nc6+ Ka8 7. Rb8#
Amazing that all the black pieces, which control all the squares around the white king, can’t do anything to defend the king.
Rg3+ -> Ne6+ -> Ne5+ -> Rb3+ -> leading to mate
It’s a forced mate starting with Rg3+
Rg3+…Kd4
Ne6+…Kc4
Ne5+…Kb5
Rb3+…Ka6
Nc5+…Ka7
Nc6+…Ka8
Rb8#
Pretty straightforward.
One more thing is that these knights are razor sharp, they cannot act in any more unison…of course supported by blacks pieces and white’s rook.
Forced mate starting with Rg3+. Then the 2 horses hunt down the King, chase him into the a line and kill him. Chess can be merciless.
This was in fact very easy. It’s so forced and easy to calculate.
1. Rg3+ Kd4 2. Ne6+ Kc4 3. Ne5+ Kb5 4. Rb3+ Ka6 5. Nc5+ Ka7 6. Nc6+ Ka8 7.Rb8#
If 4.-Ka4 5. Nc5+ Ka5 6. Nc6#
If I had been black here, I really would have felt awful…
I found the solution without computer. I promised it.
1: Rb3+; Kd4
2: Ne6+; Kc4
3: Ne5+; Kb5
4: Rb3+;
if 4: …Ka4; 5:Nc5+, Ka5 6:Nc6++.
if 4: …Ka5; 5:Nc6+, (Ka6, or K4) 6:Nc5++.
if 4: …Ka6; 5:Nc5+, Ka7; 6: Nc6+,Ka8; 7:Rb8++.
1.Rg3+ and mate in six moves
1:Rb3+, Kd4;
2:Ne6+, Kc4;
3:Ne5+, Kb5;
4:Rb3+…
If 4… Ka4; 5:Nc5+, Ka5; 6:Nc++.
If 4… Ka5; 5:Nc6+, (Ka4 or Ka6);
6: Nc5++.
If 4… Ka6; 5:Nc5+, Ka7; 6: Nc6+, Ka8; 7:Rb8++.
I found it without computer.
I promised it.
PEDRO MENDOZA GARRIDO
(SUPERMENDO)
Great little combo with the knights. Only thing that slightly dissatisfies me is that I can’t really think of a plausible last move for black. The rooks must surely have already been threatening mate in 1 or 2. Maybe the king was in check and captured a Q or B on e3. Dunno.
1.Rg3+ Kd4 2.
2. Ne6+ Kc4
3.Ne5#
1.Rg3+ Kd4
2.Ne6+ Kc4
3.Ne5#
i think it`s mate in 7:
1) Rg3, Kd4
2) Ne6, Kc4
3) Ne5, Kb5
4) Rb3 and now:
…, Ka4
5) Nc5, Kxa3 or Ka5
6) Nc4 mate
or
4) …, Ka5
5) Nc6, Ka4
6) Nc5, Kxa3
7) Rb4 mate
if 5)…, Ka6 then
6) Nc5 mate
or
4) …, Ka6
5) Nc5, Ka7
6) Nc6, Ka8
7) Rb8 mate
if 5)…, Ka5 then
6) Nc6 mate
very nice, but maybe a little artificial
Marda,
3. ….Kb5 keeps black breathing (for a while).
How come this wrong answer got posted and not mine which was obviously correct with mate on a8?? Ne5#?? …Kb5?
I thought this was correct:
Rg3+…Kd4
Ne6+…Kc4
Ne5+…Kb5
Rb3+…Ka6 leading to a mate on a8 square.
it’s mate in 7 after Rg3+. moves are not hard to find, the plan is just to keep checking the poor king!
It looks like the Rook and Knights are up to the task.
1. Rg3+ Kd4
2. Ne6+ Kc4
3. N35+ Kb5
4. Rb3+ and no matter which way the White King runs on the a-file, the Knights wind up on c5 and c6, either mating the King on a4 or a5, or helping the Rook to deliver mate from b8 to the King on a8. Phil
1. Rg3+ Kd4
2. Ne6+ Kc4
3. Ne5+ Kb5
4. Rb3+ Ka6
5. Nc5+ Ka7
6. Nc6+ Ka8
7. Rb8#
1. Rg3+ Kd4
2. Ne6+ Kc4
3. Ne5+ Kb5 (sorry, Marda)
4. Rb3+ (a) Ka4
5. Nc5+ Ka5
6. Nc4#
4…. (b) Ka5
5. Nc4+ (b1) Ka4
6. Nc5#
5. …. (b2) Ka6
6. Nc5+ Ka7
7. Nc6+ Ka8
8. Rb8#
Mark