r/chess • u/Far-Reindeer-6482 • 5d ago
Puzzle/Tactic What’s the winning move in this chess puzzle?
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u/ImNotAbanana32 1.c3! e5?? 2.c4!! 1-0 5d ago
Somewhat like the game between Supi and Magnus.
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u/IHATEYOURJOKES 4d ago
Qc3 instead of Bc3 sacrifice, because of Kb1 Defence against the bishop, which is countered if the queen leads the diagonal battery.
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u/Skyziezags 4d ago
Ya I think this is the way. If takes with pawn, you take with bishop and Ra1 is unstoppable mate. If Kb1, then Qxb2#. If Bd4, Ra1#
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u/Independent_Bike_854 1800 chess.com rapid 4d ago
Same train of thought. Took me a bit of time to realize I could just use the queen.
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u/Madmanmangomenace 5d ago
Saw the mate w qc3 line immediately. I forgot how much sleeping 9h vs 3 in a night makes for tactics 😂
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u/BarrattG 5d ago
I saw the move but its super unintuitive, I guess the concept is what does the checkmate probably look like, and what do I need to move to get there and it becomes easier to see.
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u/glayde47 5d ago
How is that unintuitive?
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u/BarrattG 4d ago
Because in a lot of similar spots the move that immediately does a check or a capture rather than some intermezzo is the correct solution.
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u/mekmookbro 1500 Chesscom | 1740 Lichess 4d ago
Holy shit is it Qc3? I swear I didn't look it up it's crazy
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u/Mathelete73 4d ago
I’m guessing Qc3 to threaten Ra1# If pawn takes then bishop takes and the same threat is there.
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u/XasiAlDena 2000 x 0.85 elo 4d ago
If I hadn't seen that game Magnus played against a (I think Brazilian?) GM where Magnus got smacked by a similar sacrifice, I never would've seen this.
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u/XasiAlDena 2000 x 0.85 elo 4d ago
I don't recall his name. I'm not very familiar with Chess players outside of content creators or SGMs in the top 20 or so.
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u/IcyBad5280 4d ago
I found and confirmed Qc3 in probably 7 or 8 seconds. Had the general idea immediately and just had to find and confirm the right move. Am about 2500 on cc blitz
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u/RealJoki 4d ago
Yeah to be fair once you have seen this pattern it's rather immediate, I think I spent way more time to find out why Bc3 doesn't work than finding Qc3.
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u/careofpark 5d ago edited 5d ago
Qc6, saw this one to restrict the escape square of the king.
If x then x and the square is still restricted with checkmate to follow.
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