Chess Puzzle #5718

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 5rk1/p1r3pR/1p1qppQ1/3b4/3P4/2P5/P4PPP/4R1K1 w - -

Added by:	kingdawar
Added on:	18-Aug-08
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 5rk1/p1r3pR/1p1qppQ1/3b4/3P4/2P5/P4PPP/4R1K1 w - -
Attempts:	1452
Solved:	740 (50%)


White to move, mate in 4

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nikirandom
05-May-13, 03:25

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Enjoyable

First move seems obvious and then it plays out nicely.

sebabis
05-May-13, 05:25

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What?

Can't find it any sense.

macheide
05-May-13, 06:30

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A very good puzzle for this section. Thanks.

aaronsw
05-May-13, 08:16

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Good one!

omega11
05-May-13, 08:25

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I don't understand

I agree with sebabis. I can't figure out why black gave up the Queen. Why not use both Rooks plus Queen to strengthen the 7th rank?

cbh66
05-May-13, 08:28

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Strengthening the seventh rank won't do any good, because Rh8 checkmates once the queen is on h5.

dracoargentum
05-May-13, 08:31

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@omega11

The checkmate, and therefore the weakness, is on the 8th rank, not the 7th. The Queen sacrifice is just a delaying move. If Black moves the g-pawn to prevent checkmate on the 8th rank, then the 7th rank becomes the weakness.

fezzik
05-May-13, 09:12

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Explanation

White wants to mate on h8. There are two ways to do that, with the Rook d1-d3-h3 or with the Queen.

Once you see which square the Q needs to reach so that the Q can cover both h8 and f7, the rest is easy.

josep_85
05-May-13, 11:25

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Easy and fun. Like it!!

chessikins
05-May-13, 14:03

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Twisty...

A nice take on the usual setup...not all that obvious and good payoff...

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