• White to move and win
[See answer at the bottom]
• Puzzle 21 Solution Hints
Learn how to win this chess endgame position, and the following solution hints must help you. Hint 1: Keep all the time the White king at the corner. Hint 2: Because the White king is at the corner, the Black queen has not to leave the line c6-h1 to pin the pawn and prevent the promotion. Hint 3: The White queen is to deliver a series of checks to be sacrifice and place the Black pieces along the b-file... Then promotion and skewer to win...
• Puzzle 21 Data
1. Author: Van Fleet
2. Year: Unknown
• Puzzle Recommendations
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# Note: See the Puzzle Answer below #
• The Puzzle Answer
1. Qb4!! ...
[Black queen must move along c6-h1]
Variant 1:
1... Qf3 (Qd5) 2. Qa4+ Kb6
3. Qb3+ Qxb3 4. b8=Q+ 1-0
Variant 2:
1. ... Qh1 2. Qa3+ Kb6
3. Qb2+ Kc7
[3... Ka6 4. Qa2+ Kb6 5. Qb1+!]
4. Qh2+! Qxh2 5. b8=Q+ 1-0
Variant 3:
1. ... Qg2 2. Qa3+ Kb6
3. Qb2+ Qxb2 4. b8=Q+ 1-0
See other chess endgame puzzles:
Endgames 1-30
Endgames 31-60
Endgames 61-90
Endgames 91-120
