Daily Chess Improvement: Tricky Chess Tactic!
SusanPolgar
White to move! What is the fastest mate you can find?
SusanPolgar
White to move! What is the fastest mate you can find?
Yes, truly amazing. I stared at this puzzle for a week and I could not mentally work it. Today I sat down and worked it OTB, and it still took a few persistence hours to figure it out. Cheers to the composer, Adolf Andersen (thanks Dave).
Editor
I especially love how it solves the problem of preventing the black queen from taking at d5 after the rook check by making black take with the bishop at e5 first.
Editor
I love this problem. I don't know for sure that jmohd is correct, but that mate in 5 outlined is quite pretty- it solves all the problems I see by forcing black to block the king's retreat with his own men.