PUZZLE in HISTORY: Swift Attack?! "Nice to be BACK"
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Clue: First move Knight.
Maybe this game was to hard, the first move was 1. Nxg5 - at this point the black is force to eat the knight because of the threat in double check and queen capture. (Sacrificing the knight)
1. Nxg5 hxg5
i doubt im right
1.Nxg5 hxg5 2.Ng8+ Rxg8 3.Rxf7+ Ke8 4.Qh5 Qe7 5.Rxe7+ Kd8 6.Qe8#
or 4...Rg6 5.Qxg6 Qe7 6.Rxf8+ Kxf8 7.Qg8#
4 moves only
1. Nxg5 hxg5 2. Qh5 Rxh5 3. Ng8+ Ke8 4. Bxf7# its not forced though. mate could be avoided or at least postponed with 2 ... Nxe5 or something so I guess im wrong? ^^
This is pretty hard
I cannot find a solution of mate with just 4 moves...
I found forced mate in 6. The main line shows what black can do to make the game last as long as possible. All the variations show other moves black can make. Let me know if a variation was played during the game or if I made a mistake here:
Yeah, Now I know I miss something... hehe
, Sorry about that I'm fresh from vacation when I did this. Mate in 6 is the nearest forced mate thanks TraglorfBob for the sequence.
Mate in 5
1. Nxg5 hxg5 2. Nd5+ Ke8 3. Nxc7+ Nxc7 (or Qxc7 doesn't matter at this point) 4. Bxf7+ Ke7 5. Bg6#
Mate in 4 if
1.Nxg5 hxg5 2. Nd5+ Ke6 3. Nxc7++ Ke7 4. Rxf7#
So that was why it's so hard:1
I hate that kind of joke-problems, but it's ok hehe
Wheels054, your line doesn't work if 3. ... Qxc7 4. Bxf7+ Kd8 5. Bxg5 Be7 (I assume you meant g5 and not g6 because Bg6 wouldn't be checkmate in your line).
You are correct that I meant Bg6 and that black bishop can interpose in that combo. Completely missed that. Thanks for the correction.
A game played by Pillsbury, and composed as a puzzle.
4 moves mate.
List down your solution. (testing your analyzation)
HINT: Swift attack, risk everything in order to win.