King's Gambit
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Solution To Problem Of The Day 2004-06-15
(Shirov - Motylev, 2001 World Championships) 1. Rxb2!! leads to mate by force. For example 1...Qxb2 2. Qc6+ Kd8 3. Nxf7#. The longest defense is put up with 1...Nd7 2. Rxb7 e6 3. Rxb8+ Nxb8 4. Qc8+ Ke7 5. Nxf7 Nd7 6. Qc6 exd5 7. exd5 Ke8 8. Qe6+ Be7 9. d6 Kf8 10. dxe7+ Ke8 11. Nd6#.
(Shirov - Motylev, 2001 World Championships) 1. Rxb2!! leads to mate by force. For example 1...Qxb2 2. Qc6+ Kd8 3. Nxf7#. The longest defense is put up with 1...Nd7 2. Rxb7 e6 3. Rxb8+ Nxb8 4. Qc8+ Ke7 5. Nxf7 Nd7 6. Qc6 exd5 7. exd5 Ke8 8. Qe6+ Be7 9. d6 Kf8 10. dxe7+ Ke8 11. Nd6#.
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