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Answer to Puzzle time #3
(as answered correctly by Ian Wallis):
After 1. Qc5+, Black must move his King to b2. If he plays ... Kd1, then a quick mate follows with Qc2+ and Qe2#.
Then White plays 2. Qb4+, with Black forced to play ... Ka2 (if ... Kc1 then 3. Qd2+ and 4. Qc2#).
Now comes the surprising move that wins immediately: 3. Kc2! The Black Queen has no checks (other than kamikaze ones) and White will checkmate next move.
After 1.Qc5+ Kd1 2.Qg1# is a quicker mate!
ReplyDeleteThanks anon, that was one of the lines I implied in my post yesterday, the other being... 1. ... Kb1 2. Qc2# which was probably where Bob was getting his line from?!...
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