Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - January 16, 2010

From the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 3 (Loyd)

1. a8(B)
see Steven's comments for some variations.

3 comments:

Steven de Groot said...

I think I got this one:

1.a8=B

...Ke8 2. Ke6 kd8 (or Kf8) 3.b8=Q#

...Kf8 2. B8=Q/R Kf7 3.Bd5#

...Kg8 2. Kg6 kh8 (or Kf8) 3. b8=Q/R#

Anonymous said...

I think 1. a8=N is correct.

If 1... Kf8, then 2. b8=Q++
If 1... Kg8, then 2. Kg6 mates in one
If 1... Ke8, then 2. Ke6 also mates in one due to the knight covering c7

- E. Williams

Anonymous said...

I'm totally wrong, thanks for clearing it up Steven.

- Eric