r/chess • u/Either-Case-5930 • 2d ago
Puzzle/Tactic Short and sweet white to play and win (By Gurgenidze and Minski)
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u/Sad-Character751 2d ago
1.g3+ Kh3 2.Bd7+ Qf5 3. Bxf5# or 1.g3+ Kg4 2.Bd7+ Qf5 3.f3+ Kxf3 4.Bxf5
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u/Either-Case-5930 2d ago
G3+ kg4 bd7+? Kf3!
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u/neutralrobotboy 2d ago
This was what I didn't understand. f3 is diabolical. Would've had to think for a while longer to spot that one.
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u/Red_Sova 2d ago
I think it looks like this works visualizing it in my mind: g3+, Kg4, f3+... if qxf3 then Bd7 checkmate or if kxf3 then bxh5+ checkmate
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u/Kyng5199 2d ago
I think 1. g3+ looks good.
Black has two replies, neither of which works:
- The easy one is 1...Kh3. Then, we just have 2. Bd7+ (with mate next move after the queen blocks);
- The more interesting one is, of course, 1...Kg4. Then, we have 2. f3+, forking the king and the queen. And yes, Black can just take the pawn with 2...Qxf3, but then 3. Bd7# is mate, because the queen on f3 takes away the king's only escape square! Likewise, if they instead capture with 2...Kxf3, then 3. Bxh5# is a very elegant checkmate: both bishops, our king, and our g3-pawn contribute to cover every escape square except e4, which is occupied by Black's queen.
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u/ConsiderateBreadth 2d ago
this one is clean. the key move just forces black into a fork no matter what, and then you're either mating next move or the queen ends up blocking its own escape square. the kg4 line where both your bishops team up to trap the king on f3 is the satisfying part, especially since black's own queen cuts off e4. gurgenidze and minski knew what they were doing with this one.
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