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Old 08-03-2008, 06:21 AM   #1 (permalink)
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White to play and win in 5 moves. I did a few attempts myself and have been thusfar... unsuccessful. Hence the reason why I decided to share it here.
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Old 08-03-2008, 08:30 AM   #2 (permalink)
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White to play and win in 5 moves. I did a few attempts myself and have been thusfar... unsuccessful. Hence the reason why I decided to share it here.
1.Ba4+
if 1...Kxa4 2.Nc3+ Kb3 3.Nd
if 1...Kc4 2.b3+ Kd3 3.Bb5+ Ke4 4.Rg4+
if 4...Kf5 5.Nd3#
if 4...Rf4 5.Rxf4#
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Originally Posted by LMatheson View Post
1.Ba4+
if 1...Kxa4 2.Nc3+ Kb3 3.Nd
if 1...Kc4 2.b3+ Kd3 3.Bb5+ Ke4 4.Rg4+
if 4...Kf5 5.Nd3#
if 4...Rf4 5.Rxf4#
OMG that is beautiful !!! Thanks Matheson for showing the answer, this problem would have kept me agonising for ages otherwise. Also I really like the new style chess board.
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OMG that is beautiful !!! Thanks Matheson for showing the answer, this problem would have kept me agonising for ages otherwise. Also I really like the new style chess board.
I believe it came from a different website than what the majority of the chess puzzles have come from on this site, hence the different style board. I do enjoy it alot more as well, however. The simplicity gets the message across, however, it never hurts to add some style!
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