Saturday, February 25, 2012

Checkmate in 6


White to move and checkmate in 6.

5r2/1b2P1bk/npqr3p/8/p4p2/1QB2Rn1/6P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

efx8=N+!

Anonymous said...

I think it is mate in 4 moves. Plz. check it out.
1. e×f8 (knight)+ Kh8, if 1.... B×f8 then 2. Qf7+ Bg7 3. Q×g7#.

2. B×g7+ K×g7
3. Re7+

if 3.... K×f8 then 4. Qf7#
if 3.... Kh8 then 4. Rh7#
if 3.... Kf6 then 4. Qf7#

plz. correct me if I am wrong.

Anonymous said...

I have no idea. Too hard.

Anonymous said...

1.ef=N+ Kh8 2.Bxg7+ Kxg7 3.Re7+ Kf6 4.Qf7+ Kg5 4.Qxf4+ Kh5 5. Re5#

Bhavesh H Parekh Gondal said...

e*f8

psyche said...

Question is mate in 6. All moves forced. Previous solutions not quite there missing the last few moves.
1. e*f8 = N+ (incidentally if Q, it will lose)
1. … Kh8
2. B*g7+ B*g7
3. Re7+ Kf6 (otherwise immediate mate)
4. Qf7+ Kg5
5. Na7 + (missed in the other variations)
5.… Kg4
6. R*f4# (all pieces used and a pure mate).


Psyche