Tuesday, February 05, 2013

5 second tactic


White to move. What is the most accurate continuation for White?

2r1rbk1/1p1N1ppp/n1q5/4p2R/p3N1P1/Pb3P2/1PQ5/1K1R4 w - - 0 1

11 comments:

Anant said...

Nef6+

James I. Hymas said...

1. Nef6+ followed by 2. Q:h7#

Oleg Mezjuev said...

1. Nef6+ gxf6 2. Qxh7#

pht said...

1. Nef6+ any
2. Qxh7#

Anonymous said...

five seconds were enough:

1. Nef6+, whatever
2. Qxh7#

Vishnu Vardhan Reddy. G said...

1.Nef6+! (Clears the way for Queen to attack h7)
1....Any
2.Qxh7#

Vishnu Vardhan Reddy. G said...

1.Nef6+! (Clears the way for Queen to attack h7)
1....Any
2.Qxh7#

CraigB said...

1. Nef6+ and mate on h7 follows quickly.

On another note, I found a nice combination from this position in a blitz game.

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dc 3. e4 g6 4. B:c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. 0-0 c5 7. d4 cd 8. N:d4 Ngf6. Perhaps your readers would be amused to find it.

Ein Steppenwolf said...

1. Nef6+ Qxf6 or gxf6 or Kh8
2. Qxh7#

Anonymous said...

The central knight can move to f6, giving check. White can move his king, or take the n with the pawn or Q. All three reult in mate on h7. Took me more than 5 secs but I'm cautious. I expect when I look again I will see I have blundered.

Anonymous said...

1.Nef6+ followed by Qxh7#

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