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RE: Chess problem 56 / Schachaufgabe 56
Oh geez. You said this was easier. The more I look the harder it gets. Mate in five seems superfluous :-p
So, I guess it's something with swinging the rook over to h1 with checkmate, but I don't get any farther then Rxc8, Qxc8. It becomes a quagmire after either Ne2 or Kf2. Am I on the right track??
:-)
Devilishly tricky. OK, I think I"ve got it this time. I always forget about the prospect of castling in puzzles:
Rxc8, Qxc8
Ne2, Qd8 ... (the Queen Has to go to the d-file to prevent castling)
Nd4! then exd4 (if Qxd4, Ra8)
0-0-0!! and no stopping the mate.
I think after Ne2, Qb7, 0-0-0, e3, am I right?
Rd8# hahaha. I didn't see that move!
;) the crazy move to at least stop mate after Nd2 is Qg8...
In that case I don't think 0-0-0 right away leads to mate in five, but simply Bxg8 should, for example:
Kxg8, Ra8++ or:
e3, Ra8 with discovered mate on next move
Nd2 is not possible.
oops, sorry!.
You are trying to kill me, aren't you. Haha :-D
Let's go a different route:
1.Na2 maybe, Same idea of castling, ie:
...Qxb8
2.0-0-0 and it looks like there's only kamikaze queen moves from there... qf1
Rxf1, Qg8
Rh1+, Qh7
Rxh7++
Missing anything this time?
Na2 is a cool move, not easy to see it. This must be the solution, I think.
Anyway, how do we know if castling long is available for white? I mean, @jaki01 didn't say any about it, we have to suppose it?
Why not? Nothing speaks against it? :)
In my text I told you to be creative ... :)
So, I'll be more creative next time :)
See you tomorrow (or later) in the tournament 🙋
Sorry: I saw this too late, so you were actually faster than @kajalpats! I will change the text of the solution!