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CHESS TACTICS #59730

Problem's rating:	2080
Avg. time to solve:	03:05
Total attempts:	227
Solved percentage:	37.0%

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xenofixus
18-Nov-11, 10:22

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meh

My first guess was right, but I tried something different, since the actual solution isn't very impressive. After you take the queen, the knight will fork your rook and queen, leading to equality. I thought Rh6-h7 offers interesting possibilities to lure the white queen away to a5 and get a good attack on white's kingside going when the white queen is in bad position.

straylite
24-Nov-11, 08:56

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After 3. Ng4 Qxb2 4. Nxh6 Rxh6 Black is still ahead. It may not be an overwhelming advantage but it is enough to win.

sccadams
20-Dec-11, 00:20

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I can't figure it out

What happens if white doesn't play Qxe5?

straylite
26-Dec-11, 21:39

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With ...Qf4 Black threatens to play Nf3+ attacking White's Queen on c7. If White tries to save the Queen then he gets mated because in order to save his Queen he must do one of three things 1) Move the Queen off the h2-b8 diagonal. This leads to mate after 2...Nf3+ because now taking the Knight allows Rxh3 and mate is unavoidable and moving the King to h1 simply allows ...Qh2#. White's second option is to protect the Queen with 2.Nd5. This leads to mate for similar reasons; after 2... Nf3+ if he takes the Knight then Black mates with 3...Rg8+ (or 3...Rg6+) followed by 4...Rxh3# and if White moves the King to h1 he gets mated with 3...Rxh3+ 4.gxh3 Rxh3+ 5.Kg2 Rh2#.

So, saving the Queen loses the King, therefore White's best (but still losing choice) is to take the Knight with his Queen.

I hope I got this right... I am working without an analysis board at the moment.

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CHESS TACTICS #59730