Chess Puzzle #7580

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 3R4/2r2Ppk/7p/4N3/8/2q3r1/8/Q2K3R w - -

Added by:	chess_byrne
Added on:	21-Nov-08
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 3R4/2r2Ppk/7p/4N3/8/2q3r1/8/Q2K3R w - -
Attempts:	1545
Solved:	1090 (70%)


White to move, mate in 3

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bunnyrabbitz
16-Feb-14, 01:32

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Nice underpromotion

A nice 'underpromotion' puzzle.

posh0610
16-Feb-14, 03:15

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Once you realise that it's got to be a pawn to knight promotion you are laughing!

rooklecour1
16-Feb-14, 03:16

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Easy and Fun

The knight move relation between f8 and h7 lead me to think 1f8Nch almost immediately. The only issue was to confirm that 2Ng6ch was indeed double discovered check. Easy but fun; thanks for posting!

pdbm8
16-Feb-14, 05:12

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Good one

I spent some time looking over rook sacrifices knowing that check had to be in all moves, and that's when the pawn to knight promotion hit me as the only possibility. From there it all unfolded neatly! Nice.

nikirandom
16-Feb-14, 05:53

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Agreed, Pf8=N does pretty much jump off the page at you even though I couldn't immediately visualise the mate.

Nice puzzle.

jaffis
16-Feb-14, 12:29

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I do too many of these because my first thought looking at it was "how do I make an under promotion make sense".

breughel
05-Mar-26, 08:21

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Tyranny of horses

Very nice. When knights leap.

myrydin
05-Mar-26, 10:09

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I once managed to find one real game (can’t remember it now) where a player underpromoted to knight to give checkmate. Must be delicious to play.

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