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CHESS PUZZLE #39302

Added by:vincerino
Added on:19-May-11
Description:Fun mate
More solutions:kingdawar, dekrishn
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online chess puzzle #39302
Attempts:30
Solved:13 (43%)
Black to move, mate in 6
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dumiac
20-May-11, 08:58

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Fun indeed, thank you!  

After these moves:

1. ... Qd3+
2. Ka4 Nxb2+
3. Qxb2 Re4+
4. Qd4 Qxb5+
5. Ka3 Qa6+/Qa5+
6. Qa4

it is also possible to mate with the rook (Rxa4#).
dumiac
20-May-11, 10:38

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Also, I think moving the knight to d6 in the second move is almost feasible:

1. ... Qd3+
2. Ka4 Nd6

Now white has a lot of options, but black can force a mate in almost any case. If white tries to capture black's knight, it is mate immediately: 3. Nxd6 Qa6#.

White should defend his knight at b5 to avoid the mate 3. ... Qxb5+ 4. Ka3 Qb4#. The only apparent defense options are 3. Qxc5, 3. Rxc5 and 3. Qf1, but to all of these black can respond with 3. ... Re4+ and eventually force a mate.

White's only good answer that I could find was 3. b3 (as you may have guessed, I found it after starting to write this message). No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find a way for black to force mate after that. Please tell me if I'm wrong!
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