Queen H1 to F1?
Edit: I’m still an idiot.
That’s what I would have thought, leaves the King nowhere to go and there’s nothing to block/capture the Queen.
Pawn to G2?
Bc6 Rb2 Trying to mate on g2 and defending.
I’m not sure where to go from there, either bg2+ or nf4+
Either case I can’t find a forced mate in my head atleast
Good start. You don’t have to calculate all the way to mate in that line, White gets an overwhelming advantage.
But more interestingly: What do you do after Bc6 Rb1+?
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Bc6 Rb1+
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Ke2 Rxh1
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Bg2+ Kxg2
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Nf4+ Kg1
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Ke1 g2
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Ne2
Perfect, you found it!
No way!
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Bc6 Rb1+
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Ke2 Rxh1
3.Bg2+ Kxg2
4.Nf4+ Kg1
5.Ke1 G2
6.Ne2#
Edit K for knight to N
It appears I’m an idiot too
I’m very new to chess annotation and i keep using k for knight and king.
Nicely done! You solved the main (study) line. There’s other lines where Black actually holds out longer, but they’re much simpler to calculate.
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Meant to be Ke1
I fucked up the Knight and King it was 11 at night when i was doing it
No probs. Looks good. I’m a little wary of solutions that aren’t forced, but this seems the most reasonable I’ve seen so far.
After 4. Nf4+, wouldn’t it be better for the king to go to f3? Or am I overlooking something obvious
Edit: answered my own question, white king covers f3 after moving to e2, forgot about that
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I need the reddit bot to try it online.
My bad, next time I’ll provide a link right away. Here you go: https://lichess.org/analysis/4B3/8/6N1/5p2/1r4p1/6pk/7b/4K2Q_w_-_-_0_1?color=white
Thanks
King E1 to F1
No that’s no good either, then castle comes to check
Hang on im still onto it.
New plan
Bc6
Rb1 checking king
Kd2
Rb2 checking King
Kc1
Rook must leave or be taken. Anywhere doesnt matter.
Qg2 checkmate
Right, but what about 1. Bc6 Rb1+ 2. Kd2 Rxh1?
Shit. Leave it with me
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Bc6, Rb1, Ke2, RxH1, BxH1, Pg2, Nf4, Kg3/h4, Nxg2. That’s as far as I’ve gotten
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Bc6 Rb1+
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Ke2 Rxh1
3.Bg2+ Kxg2
4.NF4+ Kg1
5.Ne1 G2
Hows that
6.Ne2#
Edit K for knight to N
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After which horsie nom noms castle, checks king and black is generally speaking fucked. But that doesn’t seem as neat as what they’re looking for here.
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What about the Queen?
Chest
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Qf1
