Chess Puzzle #5597

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 2r2k2/5p1p/p4P2/2P4p/2b5/6Q1/6PK/8 w - -

Added by:	kingdawar
Added on:	12-Aug-08
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 2r2k2/5p1p/p4P2/2P4p/2b5/6Q1/6PK/8 w - -
Attempts:	1493
Solved:	785 (52%)


White to move, mate in 3

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phonybenoni
21-Jan-13, 00:51

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Not an easy idea to think of, and the timing is tricky. 2.375 stars.

kingdawar
21-Jan-13, 00:54

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whoops

Also check

puzzle #88272

iamme2
21-Jan-13, 06:14

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Liked this one.

macheide
21-Jan-13, 06:34

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A nice puzzle. Thanks.

stephplay
21-Jan-13, 08:13

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Beautiful

nikirandom
21-Jan-13, 08:30

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Good one,

Black has a choice of moves but none effect the outcome, they just mean that the puzzle requires a bit more thought.

yadasampati
21-Jan-13, 10:08

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yadasampati
21-Jan-13, 10:10

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Nice puzzle for this section

But i would give it 1.75 stars at most. The possibilities are very limited. It is quite obvious that we will have to checkmate with the queen. There are two checks to be considered:
Qd6+ leads to nothing. The king moves to g8 (e8 means Qe7#) and then the queen can only give check on her initial square, after which the king moves back to his initial square ...
After Qg7+ the king moves to e8 and can escape to d7 after Qg8+. It is not too difficult to see that we can first block d7 with the c5-pawn. And the rook is no problem, because when he takes the pawn we have Qb8+ Rc8 Qxc8#. Any other move of black can also not prevent the mate in 3, so c6 is our move.

_hann_
21-Jan-13, 10:11

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Nice puzzle. Not too long to solve, not too short, even...

awesome55027
21-Jan-13, 10:31

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ha ha this is not hard at all for me. But that is so cool that he knew that. But it is to short

blitzkov
21-Jan-13, 18:52

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The "Pawn" says it all

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