Chess Puzzle #10020

CHESS PUZZLE #10020

Added by:	kingdawar
Added on:	26-Mar-09
Description:	Peter Leko - Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik, Nice 2009.
Difficulty:	online chess puzzle #10020
Attempts:	691
Solved:	49 (7%)


Black to move, mate in 7

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sicknero
10-Apr-12, 06:26

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It always..

..takes me forever to get these hard ones. Only about 10 tries for this one though : ) One day I hope to understand why a particular solution is the correct one...

krooze
10-Apr-12, 13:38

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This was

One of the hardest ones I've tried here, even if the options were fewer than some. I was convinced it would involve promoting the h pawn, and I couldn't get that idea out of my head.

bulldogg6404
10-Apr-12, 17:01

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Clever first move

After realizing a rook sacrifice wasn't going to get me anywhere, I also leaned toward the idea of an h-pawn promotion. I knew that the bishop had to get out of the way somehow, but I hadn't considered it going to b6 until I realized that white could avoid mate-in-7 through checks (which, as it turns out, Bb6 defends quite well).
White's first-move response (Rd4) was good too, as it was the only way to avoid mate in the next one or two moves.
The rest was elementary, for me.

eddeebee
10-Apr-12, 17:46

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stalemeate complications?

Can white draw with other bishop moves?
By checks & sacrifices...
This B move prevents sacrifice of one of the W rooks.

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CHESS PUZZLE #10020