Chess Puzzle #8628

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 2r5/p4pk1/8/4bR2/3pP1Pp/P5P1/1P2R1PK/2r4N b - -

Added by:	kingdawar
Added on:	13-Jan-09
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 2r5/p4pk1/8/4bR2/3pP1Pp/P5P1/1P2R1PK/2r4N b - -
Attempts:	1500
Solved:	1221 (81%)


Black to move, mate in 6

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nikirandom
16-Mar-14, 03:14

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A lot easier than it looked at first glance ... I tried to mate with the final moves first, i.e. PxP, BxP etc. When that doesn't work the only thing left is the Rook sac after which it plays itself really.

paviland
16-Mar-14, 04:49

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RJF Strikes Again!

Getting rid of the knight is essential & the rest follows quite naturally. Just look at those tripled white pawns - eugh!

tarexact
16-Mar-14, 06:48

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Don't mess with Fischer.

rich_sposato
16-Mar-14, 10:07

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Solved in 30 seconds. First thought was bishop takes pawn, but when I saw the knight would take the bishop, I realized the knight had to go. Once I knew that, the rest of the moves followed naturally.

boogieman999
16-Mar-14, 13:10

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Triple Pawns

It took me about 10 seconds to realize that I had to capture the knight with check. I liked the triple pawns position. It reminds me when I played an old friend's friend in which I was playing white and in the middle game he had already triple pawned me but still somehow managed to win the game probably because I avoided the end game in which case I would have been burnt toast. Thanks for the puzzle. Later.

tarexact
17-Mar-14, 06:48

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With the tripled white pawns, if you rotate the board 90 degrees it looks like a back row mate.

andycp2016
27-Aug-23, 22:52

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Who won?

Fischer or the other guy? In any case, it was a high-level game, yet no one seems to have had much trouble solving it.

geokev
27-Aug-23, 23:40

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@andycp2016

Fischer was black, here's the game:
www.chessgames.com

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