Nice, yet not to hard mate in 3.

AdminX · Post by **AdminX** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 5:13 pm

White to move.

mhull · Post by **mhull** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 6:15 pm

AdminX · Post by **AdminX** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 6:55 pm

mhull wrote:Bxd5

Unless I have seen something incorrectly I think there is something nicer, much nicer.

PS: I did look at that before rejecting it.

AdminX · Post by **AdminX** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 7:34 pm

Spoiler Alert

I just did some research using Chessbase and found that the position is from the following game between two masters rated over 2400. The best line was not played however, so not really a spoiler.

Henk · Post by **Henk** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 10:55 pm

Qe6. Took me two minutes so I would not have seen it in a real game when in time trouble. Also then you get no hint that it is a mate in three.

hgm · Post by **hgm** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:06 pm

OTOH you would not be presented the position with a blank mind in that case, and might have already been planning for that mate a long time.

Terry McCracken · Post by **Terry McCracken** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:39 pm

AdminX wrote:
White to move.

1. Rxd5!

AdminX · Post by **AdminX** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:39 pm

Henk wrote:Qe6. Took me two minutes so I would not have seen it in a real game when in time trouble. Also then you get no hint that it is a mate in three.

Isn't that the truth, no clue what so ever in a real game. As HGM states, in a real game you may have been planning for it. In that case chances are good that you may have seen it.

AdminX · Post by **AdminX** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:43 pm

Terry McCracken wrote:
AdminX wrote:
White to move.
!. Rxd5!

That was the second line I looked at. On the third line I explored, I knew I had it right away but it is a bit more 'Forcing'.

Terry McCracken · Post by **Terry McCracken** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:57 pm

AdminX wrote:
Terry McCracken wrote:
AdminX wrote:
White to move.
!. Rxd5!

That was the second line I looked at. On the third line I explored, I knew I had right away but it is a bit more 'Forcing'.

I'm rusty!! I rejected Qxe6+!! *Ugh*

1. Qxe6+!!..Bxe6 (if ..Be7 2. Qxe7#) 2. Bc6+..Bd7 3. Bxd7#

I'm old.

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