Chess Puzzle #9413

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 1Q6/8/1PN5/3p4/2kN4/8/6K1/8 w - -

Added by:	kingdawar
Added on:	22-Feb-09
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 1Q6/8/1PN5/3p4/2kN4/8/6K1/8 w - -
Attempts:	673
Solved:	47 (6%)


White to move, mate in 3

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cgctv
27-Nov-14, 08:39

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well done

it was a very good puzzle which i suspected a low rate of, but only 7 % that just shows it is a hard puzzle. well done to the curator and the 7 %

kimbacha
27-Nov-14, 12:13

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Very beautiful puzzle

mrfery
27-Nov-14, 12:15

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And yet another tough one

Decidedly it is the week of the super hard puzzle : here we go with a long range of moves for white particularly with the Queen but to find the right one takes a big amount of efforts and many mistakes in my case.
4 stars and thx to the problem isn't and the sender

seif73
27-Nov-14, 15:13

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wow, I just gave up, it was funny to see first move go behind king lol, then second move was Qh7 just all moves I would never have gotten. It involves knowing how to trap the king with two knights and how to use the queen with those two. very hard

owlet
27-Nov-14, 19:37

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But what if the first move of the King is Kc3 or Kd3?

jordanz1997
27-Nov-14, 20:41

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self73

The critical square for the queen is h7 which oversees the mating squares at a7, e7 and c2.

And to get to that square, it oddly ends up behind the king with Qh2 which connects to h7 in the next move.

seif73
28-Nov-14, 11:56

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why is the first move Qh2, can't the queen go to h8 than h7?

jordanz1997
28-Nov-14, 23:12

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seif73

Qh2 takes care of black's attempt to escape via Kb3 or Kc3😜

snailmate
24-Jun-25, 12:04

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My first try was 1. Qa7, if 1...Kc5 then 2. Qh7 and mate nextmove.
Sadly this is answered by 1...Kc3 or Kd3. The problem is the squares e3 and e4 which provide escape squares for Black.

This eventually led me to the solution when I thought "But what if White's K was further over and guarding those squares?".

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