Epic mate puzzle

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SpongeScrubG

Apr 19, 2024

I reached this position in a rapid game. I thought I blundered my knight for a second, but found a very nice mating counter attack. Can you spot it?

drdos7

Apr 19, 2024

SpongeScrubG wrote:

I reached this position in a rapid game. I thought I blundered my knight for a second, but found a very nice mating counter attack. Can you spot it?

I'm afraid the White attack requires Black to make a blunder, for example what if Black played 16...Qd4! instead of 16...Qxb2??, then there would be no mating attack for White.

SpongeScrubG

Apr 20, 2024

True. I included the previous move, because it is tempting for black to pick up the free knight. The mate threat is not so clear if you do not know about it. 16. Re1 is still the best move for white in this position, so from a puzzle perspective it does not really matter.