Laszlo Vadaz vs. Carsten Lingnau

7 Responses

1. 
   betachess August 25, 2014 at 23:59

   Solution 2:
   1. Qxf8+ Rxf8 2. f7#

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   1. 
      Jeroen September 7, 2014 at 18:45

      I first thought 1.Qxf8+ would be a solution, but then the I saw 2. …, Qe5. Very tricky!

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2. 
   Ravi Prabhu G December 18, 2014 at 07:17

   Spectacular. Very tricky. It took me nearly 10 minutes to break the puzzle.

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3. 
   D January 10, 2015 at 03:11

   I am a rookie at this and don’t understand, after Qg8+ Kxg8 happens, why f7# puts the king in checkmate? Can’t the black king go back to Kh8 or Kg7?

   Thank you for any help. 🙂

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   1. 
      roy January 22, 2015 at 18:00

      no because the bishop on b2 gives check on those squares

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4. 
   yeslemz March 14, 2017 at 05:56

   1. Qf7-g8 Kh8xg8
   2. f6-f7

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5. 
   Ben November 9, 2021 at 11:56

   1. Qxf8+ Rxf8 2. f7# ??? that’s not checkmate, black can protect itself with the queen

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