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Problem of the Week
2007.09.02
   
  
 
 
 
Black to move and win
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[Solution]
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Black's four extra pawns ensure his victory; in fact
there is more than one forced mate in the position above.
According to Fritz one of them is a mate-in-13. Perhaps you
found the much shorter mate-in-three?
1...Qe2+ 2.Rxe2 Rxe2+
Black's queen-sac results in forcing the white king
onto the execution square; this is called attraction. Note that
the white monarch has but one escape square in the above position - a
fact that had to figure into the decision to sacrifice the queen.
3.Kf3 Rf2 mate
This is where good board vision comes into play.
Could you envision this position at the start, noticing that the white
king would have no further escape squares? If not, one good way
to help bring your chess-vision into focus is with Prof. Chester
Nuhmentz's Chess Vision exercise,
right here at Chessville!
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