Chess Puzzle #9708

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 1n2rk2/1Q6/3p4/3N2p1/1P1P3p/1K6/P2r4/7R w - -

Added by:	danielroels
Added on:	10-Mar-09
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 1n2rk2/1Q6/3p4/3N2p1/1P1P3p/1K6/P2r4/7R w - -
Attempts:	1492
Solved:	1050 (70%)


White to move, mate in 5

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bunnyrabbitz
22-Jan-15, 01:36

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nice

A nice 'easy' daily puzzle !

nikirandom
22-Jan-15, 03:54

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Like a tactical exercise. I had to think for a moment about move 4.

macheide
22-Jan-15, 05:19

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A nice puzzle. Good for this section. Thanks.

pagel
22-Jan-15, 07:11

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A nice puzzle indeed but like sicknero move 4 needs thinking.

thor99
22-Jan-15, 12:19

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For me move 4 came naturally but for some reason I had to think about move 2.
I kept wanting to use the queen or the rook for move 2.

hellofriesen
22-Jan-15, 12:34

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move 3 for me was the tough one

I tried Qf7, no go

fezzik
22-Jan-15, 19:15

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I didn't get

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The "nice" or "interesting" part of the puzzle. This was extremely easy and for me, and not very interesting.

If this had been set up after the first two moves as a mate in three, it would have been more useful.

danielroels
21-Apr-15, 11:39

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thanks

for your comments and thanks Gameknot for selecting one of my puzzles as "daily puzzle", probably tried it myself without realizing I added it six years ago

schizoidman
12-May-23, 07:08

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fezzik

True, the desperado Rf2 does not add much to the puzzle. Instead, add a black Bishop at a6 and move the d2 rook to c8. Then put 2 white rooks on c1 and e1. Then the solution has a rook sac instead of the desperado and more false trails to evaluate (e.g. 1.Rxc8). I haven't done a full evaluation to ensure there are no alternate solutions with those changes.

schizoidman
12-May-23, 07:23

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minor change

My suggested mod allows an alternate solution: 1. Rxc8 Bc4+ 2. Kb2 Rxc8 3. Qf7+ Kg8 4. Nf6+ Kh8 5. Qh7++. So the e1 rook needs to be on d1 instead.

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