Chess @lemmy.ml Bonifratz @feddit.de 1 yr. ago

White to move and win (difficult) - Alexey Troitsky, 1897

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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
  
  Bc6, Rb1, Ke2, RxH1, BxH1, Pg2, Nf4, Kg3/h4, Nxg2. That's as far as I've gotten
  
  Once white loses their queen, a mate is impossible
  
  Got a modification on it. I think it works...
  
  Bc6, Rb1, Ke2, Rxh1, Bg2+,Kxg2,Nf4+,Kg1,Ke1,Pg2,Ke2#
  
  ? I dunno if my logic is right, but pretty sure that might be it, been fiddling moves for a while...
  
  Sorry last one should be Ne2#
  
  Nice, I think you have it. I assume your last notation means Knight, not King
  
  I've been making the same mistake haha
  
  Yeah that's the same answer i got.
  
  I think that's the best way. But I'm by no means an expert
  
  I did variations where the room doesn't take the queen, you just attack the rook with the king
  
  Tell me what you think of the sequence starting Ke2, Pg2, Qe1
  
  The two key moves are Bc3 & Ke2
  
  Nah thats not true
  
  Given black still has pieces, in this case it probably is
  
  Nah i think you have to lose the queen to win
  
  Yeah looks like Squareeyed found it
  
  Bc6, Rb1, Ke2, RxH1, RxH1, Pg2, Nf4, Kg3/h4, Nxg2. That's as far as I've gotten
  
  Bc6 Rb1+
  
  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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  How does horse take castle? Castle is on b1, free queen
  
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  Nvm, turns out that free queen is actually the bait for a checkmate
- What about queen?
  
  What about the Queen?

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