Chess Puzzle #5972

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 3q2r1/1bR5/4p1pk/n3Q3/5P2/3B3P/6P1/6K1 w - -

Added by:	andy94
Added on:	09-Sep-08
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 3q2r1/1bR5/4p1pk/n3Q3/5P2/3B3P/6P1/6K1 w - -
Attempts:	1591
Solved:	1051 (66%)


White to move, mate in 2

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matlab
11-Apr-13, 02:57

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Nice.Took me some extra time to solve than I expected at first glance.

zunrong
11-Apr-13, 03:55

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i always look for queen sac or rook sac first at chess puzzles

dieharder
11-Apr-13, 06:06

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would probably not have seen it in a game

However its easy in puzzles to first look for the queen sacrifice

123cro
11-Apr-13, 06:11

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It's really bright; in my opinion it deserves 3 star rating, because of being not just easy - it is not that kind of simplicity, it's not plain - needs creativity to be solved

fezzik
11-Apr-13, 07:11

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Surprising

I'm often surprised by the solve rates. Sometimes they are quite a bit higher than I'd expect, here it was quite a bit lower than I expected. This was a glorified back rank mate made possible by a Q sac.

I may miss it in a blitz game, but I doubt I'd ever miss it if I had 20 minutes on the clock.

carlossilva
11-Apr-13, 07:17

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Simple

It took me about 20 seconds to solve.

dieharder
11-Apr-13, 07:46

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fastest one i've erver solved

under 10 seconds my first choice was the correct one, its nice when that happens

bunnyrabbitz
11-Apr-13, 07:54

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puzzle

"Carlossilva" brags that it took him only 20 seconds to solve - well, it took me about 60 to 70 seconds to solve, HOWEVER, I doubt I would have seen this mate in a real over-the-board tournament game in that quick of a time !!!! I doubt Carlossilva would have seen it that quickly in a real game also !!

carlossilva
11-Apr-13, 08:22

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=» bunnyrabbitz

Well, bunnyrabbitz, probably, in a real classic game, I would foreseen it one or two moves ahead...This is the kind of position that you can "build" during the game, if you opponent is not aware !

sirissac
11-Apr-13, 09:28

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Yes, this is the kind of trap one might build in game. I can just imagine White's last move was the understated Bd3. Black sees Qxd3 leads to mate, but fails to understand the Bishop's role after 1. Qh5+ xh5. Instead, Black plays something like Bb7 preparing to play Nc6, and then...
Well, you know the rest.

madthinker
11-Apr-13, 10:35

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@sisissac

Actually, Rh8-g8 was black's last move - presumably to defend g7. In fact, there was nothing he could do to save the mate, except give up his queen.

This is the position a few moves back, where white probably saw the full continuation and sacrificed his knight on g6.

sirissac
11-Apr-13, 10:42

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@madthinker

Fair enough. I was just speculating and didn't pay attention to the fact that it was real game. My apologizes if I cause any confusion.

carlossilva
11-Apr-13, 15:30

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How fast you see mates ?

Let me tell you a story. The city where I lived till my 28 yo had many Master chess players. At Fridays nights, I used to go see them play between them; they only train blitz, and usually do not playing against low rank people like me.
Me and the other weak players got fascinated, looking how fast they saw the main lines and traps. In the end of each game, we use to ask them details about one or another move, and the depth was so incredible high, it was amazing how they could calculate so fast in 5 minutes only !!!

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