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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Right, but what about 1. Bc6 Rb1+ 2. Kd2 Rxh1?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Shit. Leave it with me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bc6, Rb1, Ke2, RxH1, BxH1, Pg2, Nf4, Kg3/h4, Nxg2. That's as far as I've gotten

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Once white loses their queen, a mate is impossible

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's the same answer i got.

I think that's the best way. But I'm by no means an expert

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I did variations where the room doesn't take the queen, you just attack the rook with the king

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The two key moves are Bc3 & Ke2

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Tell me what you think of the sequence starting Ke2, Pg2, Qe1

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I tried that but ultimately you lose the queen and can't stop the pawn queening. The following most likely would be Re4+, then if you move f2 it's check, f4 you loss your queen and black queens

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Doh I'm an idiot, missed Re4 somehow

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Sorry last one should be Ne2#

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nice, I think you have it. I assume your last notation means Knight, not King

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I've been making the same mistake haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nah thats not true

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Given black still has pieces, in this case it probably is

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nah i think you have to lose the queen to win

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah looks like Squareeyed found it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Bc6 Rb1+
Ke2 Rxh1

3.Bg2+ Kxg2

4.NF4+ Kg1

5.Ne1 G2

Hows that

6.Ne2#

Edit K for knight to N