White to move.
Nice, yet not to hard mate in 3.
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Nice, yet not to hard mate in 3.
White to move.
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Re: Nice, yet not to hard mate in 3.
Unless I have seen something incorrectly I think there is something nicer, much nicer.mhull wrote:Bxd5
PS: I did look at that before rejecting it.
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Re: Nice, yet not to hard mate in 3.
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.
[pgn][Event "CRO-chT"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1999.09.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.09.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4
b5 9. d5 Nb4 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bf4 Rb7 15.
e5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Nc5 17. Qe3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc7 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Nd4
Nd8 22. Qd3 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Bd5 24. Bg5 h6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qg6+ Nf7 27. Bxd5
Be7 28. Bxe6 Kf8 29. Bxe7+ 1-0
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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.
[pgn][Event "CRO-chT"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1999.09.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.09.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4
b5 9. d5 Nb4 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bf4 Rb7 15.
e5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Nc5 17. Qe3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc7 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Nd4
Nd8 22. Qd3 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Bd5 24. Bg5 h6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qg6+ Nf7 27. Bxd5
Be7 28. Bxe6 Kf8 29. Bxe7+ 1-0
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Re: Nice, yet not to hard mate in 3.
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.
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Re: Nice, yet not to hard mate in 3.
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.
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Re: Nice, yet not to hard mate in 3.
1. Rxd5!AdminX wrote:
White to move.
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Re: Nice, yet not to hard mate in 3.
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.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.
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Re: Nice, yet not to hard mate in 3.
Terry McCracken wrote:!. Rxd5!AdminX wrote:
White to move.
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'.
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Re: Nice, yet not to hard mate in 3.
I'm rusty!! I rejected Qxe6+!! *Ugh*AdminX wrote:Terry McCracken wrote:!. Rxd5!AdminX wrote:
White to move.
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'.
1. Qxe6+!!..Bxe6 (if ..Be7 2. Qxe7#) 2. Bc6+..Bd7 3. Bxd7#
I'm old.
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