The rooks can create magic!
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- Опубліковано 11 бер 2024
- White is a couple of pawns down can still win this. In fact, he has a forced mate. Can you see how?
This is a puzzle by Henri Rinck and it was published in 1921.
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I got hung up on putting both rooks on the 7th rank and then couldn't find a mate. The solution is very elegant!
That black's g rook should be fired
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Or black's last rook move from b2 could be to put white in check on b6. But after white captures on b6 there's nothing black can do avoid checkmate next move, so it's mate in the same number of moves.
Brutal checkmate
I finally got the first move correct. That was about it though.
White's king was like the cellophane man. Never got in the way of the rooks. I didn't get this at all.
Okay I didn't see Rb7, that's a very cute little puzzle.
I never understood some players who will sacrifice a rook at any time in the game. When the board opens up they're killers.
For me, it was rock hard but got there in the end.
Excellent 💜and it was hard 😊
At 4.45, black rock can move to b2, you didn't explain this case.
Cool puzzle
Very easy! Striaght forward calculation took me 3 to 5 minutes. What I didn't see was that after 6 Ra7 Black cannot escape with ... Kf8 due to the response 7 Rf1+, but it was enough to see 7 Rxa8+ Kg7 8 Rc7+ when White is completely winning.
Difficult, till you explain 😊
Beatiful
Re7+ kd8 (kf8 leads to Rf1#); Rd1+ kc8; Rc1+ kd8; Rd7+ ke1; Rb7 ra1 (rxb7 leads to Rc8#); Ra7 rb8; Rb1 rc8; Re7+!! kd8; Rd1# or kf8; Rf1#
Very good
Lovely!
1. Rd1 - any move
2. Re7+ Kf8
3. Rf1#
What am I missing?
Rb6+
Nice
What am I missing here? If it's White to move...White Rook on H7 to G7. Black Rook takes it. Then White Rook on H1 to H8 - Checkmate in two moves. Even if Black Rook doesn't take and White Rook takes him - still Checkmate in two. (I'm a beginner so perhaps I'm missing something?)
Yes, you are missing that black can play Rb6 check first, then take the rook on g7. Easy win for black after that.
Even if Black didn't have the crushing response ... Rb6+, White can sill not win after ... Rf8. The problem is that Black's rook has now access to the f6 sqaure and that makes all the difference; White cannot play Rb7??, threatening mate as in the original line, since Black simply plays ... Rf6+ escaping the mating net and the resulting single rook endgame is a win for Black. Thus, the puzzle woun't work without the Black pawn on g6. If we take it away the resulting rook endgame in that line would still be winning for Black, since the White king is too far away from the action.
Nice, didnt get it, but next time...
Wow !!
Easy