Saturday, February 09, 2013

Special brain teaser


2k2b1r/1q6/Q3ppb1/8/p5P1/2N3n1/1PP4p/1K1R1B2 w - - 0 1

White to move. Can you find a 9-move checkmate for White?

Level of difficulty: 3 out of 4.

2 comments:

Yancey Ward said...

I remember this one well, and I thought at the time that it was mate in 8, not 9. I looked over my notes and still only see mate in 8.

Anonymous said...

@Yancey: you get the mate in 9 when you play 5. Qe7+ etc.
5. Rd7+ results in a mate in 8, though.