White to move. How should white proceed?
I was asked by several players why I re-post old puzzles from time to time? Because this is my training / teaching method. Players need to recognize patterns instantly. From time to time, I will re-post past puzzles for this purpose. You are supposed to recognize them and solve them much faster than the first time. Good luck!
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The beginning is pretty obvious given the mate threat white has over his head:
1. Ra7 Kb8
2. Nc6 Kc8
Now comes the harder part:
3. d7! Nd7
4. Rc7!! Nc7
5. Nd6# and black’s own knights conspire with their opposite numbers to betray their liege.
Funny one!
First time I really see it, though.
Okay, let’s go!
1.Ra7+ Kb8
2.Nc6+ Kc8 and here come two sacs
3.d7+! Nxd7
4.Rc7+!! Nxc7
5.Ne6#
Could be from an arabic manuscript, since the rules for rooks and knights were the same at 800 AD!
PS: after search
In fact, it IS! mirror position from 1283, unknown source and author according to Van der Heijden’s database.
1. Ra7+ Kb8 2. Nc6+ Kc8 3. d7+! Nxd7 4. Rc7+! Nxc7 5. Nd6#
1.Ra7+ Kb8
2.Nc6+ Kc8
3.d7+ Nxd7
4.Rc7+ Nxc7
5.Nd6#
1.Ra7 Kb8;2.Cc6 Kc8;3.d7 Cd7;4.Rc7 Cc7; 5.Cd6#
Hi Susan polgar,
Its nice to know the reason,why you post same puzzle periodically(May be useful for others)but my inclination is towards solving new puzzle,like the one that you had posted at this title.
This puzzle is a brilliant one.
Ref: k3n3/6R1/3P1n2/1N2N3/8/6p1/1r3r2/7K .
Okay – now to say about this puzzle,White wins the game.
Example
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1.Ra7+ Kb8
2.Nec6+ Kc8
3.d7+ N*d7
4.Rc7+ N*Rc7
5.Nd6++ Mate
White wins the game.[ Now its 3:47 AM in India but as this puzzle was so challenging – didn’t felt sleepy till now,anyway after posting this – I got to slip into sleep ]
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Venky [ India – Chennai ]
1.Ra7+ Kb8 2.Nc6+ Kc8 3.d7+ Nxd7 4.Nd6# m
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seems like
1 Ra7+ Kb8
2 Nc6+ Kc8
3 d7 Nxd7
4 Nd6++
Keep up the good work 🙂
1.Ra7+ Kb8
2.Nc6+ Kc8
3.d7+ Nxd7
4.Rc7+ Nxc7
5.Nd6#
The final positions of four knights is picturousque.
Took me 5 minutes
1. Ra7+ Kb8
2. Nc6+ Kc8
3. d7+! Nxd7
4. Rc7+! Nxc7
5. Nd6#
Erratum
5.Nd6# of course!
Question: can it happen in an actual game? Answer: yes!
Clemens-Eisenschmidt, 1890, correspondance game.
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
4. b4 Evans gambit
4…Bxb4
5. c3 Bc5
6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 Bb6
8. O-O d6
9. Nc3 Bd7
10. e5 dxe5
11. Re1 Nge7
12. Ng5 Two pawns less but a king attack: now the game will be interesting
12… Be6? a very bad answer to White’s initiative but interesting idea: Black gives back a pawn to exchange an attacking piece, but after
13. Bxe6 fxe6
14. Nxe6 the knight is very well placed, and have the enemy king in his sights.
14… Qd6 what else?
15. Nxg7+ White has attack and the material balance is ok
15… Kf8
16. Qg4?! of course, White could cash-in another pawn on e5, but prefers attacking the King, yesterday’s conception… 16.Ne4! is also very sensible approach
16…Bxd4? good pawn, but bad piece! 16…Nxd4! is much stronger
17. Ne4? 17.Ne6+ Ke8 18.Ne4 is the cleanest move-order.
17…Qb4?? 17…Qg6! kills the attack
18. Ne6+ 18.Bh6 is a concrete move
18…Ke8
19. Nf6+ 19.Nxc7+ too!
19…Kf7
20. Ng5+ Kf8
20…Kg7 is suicidal, but less than
20…Kxf6 which leads to a mate after 21.Qe6+ Kg7 22.Qf7+ Kh6 23.Ne4+
21. Ba3!! nice tempo win protecting rook e1 and pinning knight e7 if the queen doesn’t take on a3.
21…Qxa3 the blitz-swindle 21… Bxf2+!? 22. Kxf2 Qxg4 23. Nxg4 Rg8 skewing the knights doesn’t hold the game after 24. Nxe5! Rxg5 (or 24…Nxe5 25.Rxe5 again the pin!) 25. Nxc6 which exploits the pinned knight. 25…bxc6 loses knight and rook after 26.Bxe7+
22. Qe6 Nd8 human, very human
23. Qf7+! Nxf7
24. Ne6# tableau!
There are other games, but this is the oldest one featuring this tableau.
I hope that it interested you
Regards!
Cortex