RE: Chess problem 56 / Schachaufgabe 56

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Chess problem 56 / Schachaufgabe 56

in chess •  7 years ago 

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Devilishly tricky. OK, I think I"ve got it this time. I always forget about the prospect of castling in puzzles:

Rxc8, Qxc8
Ne2, Qd8 ... (the Queen Has to go to the d-file to prevent castling)
Nd4! then exd4 (if Qxd4, Ra8)
0-0-0!! and no stopping the mate.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

I think after Ne2, Qb7, 0-0-0, e3, am I right?

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Rd8# hahaha. I didn't see that move!

;) the crazy move to at least stop mate after Nd2 is Qg8...
In that case I don't think 0-0-0 right away leads to mate in five, but simply Bxg8 should, for example:
Kxg8, Ra8++ or:
e3, Ra8 with discovered mate on next move

Nd2 is not possible.

  1. Nd2 is not possible.

oops, sorry!.

  1. Rxc8+ Qxc8
  2. Ne2 Qb7 (idea: Qxf7 ... and no checkmate in 5)

You are trying to kill me, aren't you. Haha :-D

Let's go a different route:
1.Na2 maybe, Same idea of castling, ie:
...Qxb8
2.0-0-0 and it looks like there's only kamikaze queen moves from there... qf1
Rxf1, Qg8
Rh1+, Qh7
Rxh7++

Missing anything this time?

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Na2 is a cool move, not easy to see it. This must be the solution, I think.
Anyway, how do we know if castling long is available for white? I mean, @jaki01 didn't say any about it, we have to suppose it?

Anyway, how do we know if castling long is available for white?

Why not? Nothing speaks against it? :)
In my text I told you to be creative ... :)

So, I'll be more creative next time :)
See you tomorrow (or later) in the tournament 🙋

Sorry: I saw this too late, so you were actually faster than @kajalpats! I will change the text of the solution!