Checking is fun!

by Oliver Reeh
11/30/2024 – In the diagram position, White can checkmate in five moves by combining his mobile queen with the advanced pawn f6. The challenge for you: calculate everything in your head!
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1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Nd2 e6 5.Ngf3 d5 6.Qe2 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.h4 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.0-0-0 0-0 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Kb1 Qd6 14.c3 Qf4 15.Ng5 Bxg5 16.hxg5 Qxg5 17.Rh3 c5 18.Rg3 Qf6 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Qe3 Rfc8 21.Rh1 Kf8 22.Rg4 Rc7 23.Rh5 Rd8 24.Rf4 Qe7 25.Re5 Rd6 26.Bc2 Bd5 27.f3 g5 28.Rff5 exf5 29.Rxe7 Rxe7 30.Qf2 Rde6 31.b3 Re1+ 32.Kb2 c4 33.Qc5 cxb3 34.axb3 Be6 35.Qd4 Ke8 36.Qh8+ Kd7 37.Qxh6 Re2 38.Qxg5 Re8 39.c4 Rh8 40.Qf6 Rh2 41.Qd4+ Ke8 42.Kc3 Rhxg2 43.Bd3 Ra2 44.Qf4 Kf8 45.Bxf5 Bxf5 46.Qxf5 a5 47.c5 Ra1 48.Qf4 Raa2 49.Qe4 Rg1 50.Kc4 Rc1+ 51.Kb5 Rac2 52.c6 Kg7 53.Kb6 Kf6 54.c7 Rxc7 55.Qf4+ Ke6 56.Qe4+ Kf6 57.Kxa5 R7c2 58.b4 Ra2+ 59.Kb6 Rac2 60.b5 Rc4 61.Qd5 R4c2 62.f4 Kg7 63.Qg5+ Kf8 64.f5 Rf1 65.f6 Rcf2 Checking is fun! In the diagram position, White can checkmate in five moves by combining his mobile queen with the advanced pawn f6. The challenge for you: calculate everything in your head!
Checkmate in 5! Before executing the first move, please try to calculate everything in your head!
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Horvath,T2415Jakobsen,O23851–01988C03Politiken Cup 10th8

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Oliver Reeh has been working for ChessBase for many years as a translator and presenter of the internet show TV ChessBase, and he also looks after the tactics column in ChessBase Magazine, for which he has also been responsible as editor-in-chief since 2019. The International Master has contributed to the CB "MasterClass" series and is the author of the DVDs "Strike like the World Champions" and "Master Class Tactics - Train your combination skills!" Volumes 1 & 2. Oliver Reeh lives in Hamburg.

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