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So, dear chess friends, after quite a while, today I present you another one of my self-composed chess puzzles.
In the given position, white can force a checkmate in at most six moves - provided they are willing to consider also rather unusual moves as well that require a certain degree of creativity.
Can you find the necessary variations to achieve your goal?
Note: In an older version of this puzzle, for symmetry reasons, I had omitted the black queen on a6 and the white pawn on a2 (the same mating motif works exactly the same way), but ultimately decided to keep the position with the queen for the slightly more interesting solution paths.
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So, liebe Schachfreunde, heute gibt's nach längerer Zeit mal wieder eine meiner selbst komponierten Schachknobelaufgaben.
Weiß kann in der vorliegenden Position ein Matt in spätestens sechs Zügen erzwingen - vorausgesetzt, er ist dazu bereit, auch etwas ungewöhnlichere, Kreativität erfordernde Züge in Betracht zu ziehen.
Findet ihr die zum Erreichen eures Ziels nötigen Varianten?
Anmerkung: In einer älteren Version der Aufgabe hatte ich aus Symmetriegründen die schwarze Dame auf a6 und den weißen Bauern auf a2 weggelassen (auch dann funktioniert genau dasselbe Mattmotiv), entschied mich aber letztlich, aufgrund der dann etwas interessanteren Lösungswege, für die Stellung mit Dame.
It would have been harder if black had a check for white to consider but then again more moves. Nice one. It takes a lot to compose something, I doubt I can create anything lol
Anyway, it was mostly about aesthetics and symmetry today. :-)
Exactly! I guess some readers see the short post and don't get that these chess riddles are my most time consuming HIVE posts ...
I can’t blame them. Only chess players will understand and even then you have to see the difficulty in the puzzle to appreciate the beauty of the creation.
I actually thought after Qe6 it was straight forward. With Nf6 and Nd6 - it’s a lot interesting.
Also the pawn of e4 is an interesting add. :)
Actually, every single piece is necessary to make the intended solution work.
Rx f7 Kxa7
+Rf3 (if either rook block check, then pawn to rank 8 checkmate)
Rxf7 N-f6
RxNf7 (if either Rook block, then pawn to rank 8 checkmate)
If the Rooks block then advance pawn
If Night block capture Night, then advance pawn
Well that Pawn on e7 was just hiding in plain site :).
Thank you! Do you (or maybe any of your friends) have an idea what could be the solution of my riddle? :)
It's hard and not so hard at the same time because you say it's forced mate in 6.
Unusual moves means a sacrifice. Promoting to both c8 and g8 is checkmate so how to deflect those two rooks was the first I noticed.
Answer is Qe6!
After that everything makes sense.
Then Qxg6! Removing one of the rooks and if Nxg7 then Qxd7 and mate should follow
Well, after 1. Qe6 Nd6 2. Qxg6 Nxg7 3. Qxd7 is impossible, but I guess you mean the correct move.
So what after 1. Qe6 Nf6?
Yes, now I'm getting confused. But yeah Rxf6! as Rook can't take f6 because of Qxd7#
How long did it take you to create this as there are so many variations I didn’t even see after Qe6
Tja da habe ich es wohl zu spät gesehen ... es ist bereits aufgelöst, aber wirklich eine sehr schöne Kombination !
A 100% inaccuracy so far on your puzzles but I will try again…
Checkmate in 3. I will be glad to see the other variations.
OK queen to f5 threat checkmate d7 & f7 – Checkmate in 2 ???
not sure about the checkmate percisely, but it seems black's king is stuck on that last row, so the rooks and the white queen will somehow make their way to checkmate? 😎👍♟️
I posted the solution already... but I guess it's rather complicated for someone who plays chess only ocassionally...