Dec-15-22
 | | WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
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Apr-07-25 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: After 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxd7 win our beloved enemy's♕... or 0. Re8+ Qxe8 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. cxd4... Good Mondays back! |
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Apr-07-25 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: The king failed to give check-mate, but didn't lose the enemy's ♕... LOL |
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Apr-07-25 | | actinia: I also saw Re8+ wins and stopped looking. |
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Apr-07-25
 | | NMABQjmgChess: Like others, I went with Re8+ as good enough. Should have looked further. |
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Apr-07-25
 | | takebackok: Easy half a think Monday 30. Re8+ wining but no defenece after 30. Qh5 and mate incoming. |
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Apr-07-25 | | Allderdice83: Aha! A trick puzzle. You just expect a spectacular move like 30. Re8+, but no, it's just the simple 30. Qh5 and mate can't be stopped. |
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Apr-07-25 | | saturn2: Qh5 sacrifices the Rd6 but brings mate. |
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Apr-07-25 | | mel gibson: Too easy LOL. |
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Apr-07-25 | | TheaN: Weirdly enough, I'm not in the Re8+ crowd, but after <30.Qh5> I did miss <30....Qxd6> prolonging mate by one move... actually thought 31.Qh7# was unstoppable ie 30....Qxe6 31.Qh7#. Of course, <31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Qh8#> is not difficult at all but it is a bit sloppy. Of course, Qxd6 is unnatural because of Rxd6, so lets assume White doesn't mate but takes the queen: 30.Qh5 Qxd6 31.Rxd6?!, ironically, Black doesn't even have 31....Rxd6, because 32.Qh7+ Kf8 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qe8# is mate all the same. |
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Apr-07-25 | | Damenlaeuferbauer: After long thinking, the Cuban WIM and later WGM Zirka Frometa Castillo, who won the Women Championship of her country 3 times, finally found the mate in 3 moves with the nice rook sacrifice 30.Qh5!,Qxd6 (30.-,Qxe6 31.Qh7#, 30.-,Qe7 31.Qh7+,Kf8 32.Qh8#) 31.Qh7+,Kf8 32.Qh8#. Did I already mention, that I love Mondays? |
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Apr-07-25 | | moodini: After a short think, <moodini> chose Re8+ and then having seen the solution wished he'd had a slightly longer think. |
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Apr-07-25
 | | chrisowen: Z its jup v its Qh5 get gi ach its match its bugfarm Qh5 co its; |
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Apr-07-25
 | | Diocletian: In addition to the rule of thumb, "Always check out checks," I follow a rule,"Always look for moves that threaten mate in one." For example, in this position White could mate in two moves starting with Q-R5(aka h5). |
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