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CHESS TACTICS #49577

Problem's rating:	1575
Avg. time to solve:	00:55
Total attempts:	495
Solved percentage:	72.7%

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cmgraves
03-Jan-13, 12:15

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What am I missing....

Can't you force mate with sacking the Rook b3+, then the white is force to take with pawn.
Then take the white pawn on b3 with queen for a check. If white moves king to A1 or C1, the Knight moves to C3, and then its force from there.

amacivn
03-Jan-13, 16:48

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Not quite playing it out

It gives white escape routes for eg.
3.Kc1 Nc3
4.Qc2
Once White gets to c2 any type of white takes to long ,
don't forget these tactics are all about the shortest route to victory or the strongest position !

breakerofwind
03-Jan-13, 16:51

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Sorry, that doesn't work, the king escapes.

cmgraves
04-Jan-13, 08:39

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Ok. see it now. I knew I was missing something.

Thanks

amacivn
05-Jan-13, 13:02

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@breakerofwind are you sure?

sorry to disagree with you my friend , but the whole point of me playing it out was to show that Black could not force the mate as quickly as the solution, with Rxb3+ , ive tried it and Black takes longer to get the mate ! , unless Ive missed something that has been known to happen once or twice or thrice !!!

breakerofwind
05-Jan-13, 15:23

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Hi amacivn. You posted before I did, probably while I was thinking. I don't think the screen refreshes automatically. Anyway, I was agreeing with you

amacivn
06-Jan-13, 12:49

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Hey breakerofwind you are right , just 3 mins between posts! ,

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