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CHESS PUZZLE #8071

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Added by:kingdawar
Added on:13-Dec-08
Description:Composed by Samuel Loyd, Illustrated London News 1867.
Difficulty:
online chess puzzle #8071
Attempts:630
Solved:76 (12%)
White to move, mate in 3
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blitzkov
22-Jul-12, 00:09

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very nice first move  
hcajg77
22-Jul-12, 09:12

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Why does white have to promote to a knight?
rawbee
22-Jul-12, 10:07

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So it can go to b6 to stop the rook protecting a1 and h6 from a6. Nice!
swash004
22-Jul-12, 11:24

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Well...
True enough, but a Q or B would also prevent that from c6. The difference is that there would be one extra move after the rook completes a meaningless block at c1.

More insidious is that the knight needs to remain pinned or it will check the king and mess things up all around
livelaffluvv
22-Jul-12, 21:09

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im new here but..
i looked at it and i right away i imagined a move that is checkmate faster if someone makes this mistake.
either way i cant believe only 70 solved this out of 600, but if you move queen to f6 - take rook, then bishop takes b7 - attacks knight, then queen checksmates king- h4. he cant move cuz king and knight block all moves and queen check(mate)s him.

am i wrong? but isnt this less than 3 moves? and wouldnt you move bishop to take pawn? like is there any other moves. i havent really checked before posting but im pretty sure.
tokyonotora2001
22-Jul-12, 21:27

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doesn't work
After Qxf6, Ng4+ and white has lost chances of a quick checkmate...
livelaffluvv
22-Jul-12, 21:32

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ha
alright you got me i didnt really look at all. im going to solve it now
skivist
22-Jul-12, 22:57

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White cannot force a mate in three
Hi All,
I how would white mate in three if black had made 2.....Rf6 or even g6... It would have to be at least four moves. Or am I missing something?
swash004
23-Jul-12, 19:22

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Try it
bxa8=N, Rg6
Qa1, Rg1
Qxg1#
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