6 Responses to Monday Quiz

  1. Yuichi Sato says:
    June 3, 2013 at 17:24

    (a) 1. …Qg5 2.Qc3 or e5 Qxe7 and Black will win.
    (b) 1. …Qg5 2. Qb4 Qxe7 and Black will win. ( If White plays 3.Qxe7, then 3. …Rxe1#. )
    (c) 1. …Qg5 2.Qxg5 Rxe1#
    (d) 1. …Qg5 2.Rxa7 Qxa5 and Black will surely win. ( If White plays 3.Rxa5, then 3. …Rxe1#. )
    (e) 1. …Qg5 2.Re5 Qxe5 and Black will win. ( If White plays 3.Qxe5, then 3. …Rxe1#. )

  2. julio-cesar_talleyrandi says:
    June 3, 2013 at 18:32

    what about
    1…Qf6
    2.Rec7 Qa1 ?

  3. bumpaguv says:
    June 3, 2013 at 20:22

    1. ….. Qg5 seems to win material by a double attack on Qa5 and Re7, as the White queen cannot abandon the pinned knight on e1. If 2. Qb4, Qxe7 and White cannot recapture. If 2. Rxa7, Qxa5 removes the guard of the knight. And 2. Qxg5 Rxe1# is unpleasant for White, too.

  4. yelenadembo says:
    June 4, 2013 at 10:16

    Very good!

  5. yelenadembo says:
    June 4, 2013 at 10:16

    1…Qg5 is much stronger!

  6. yelenadembo says:
    June 4, 2013 at 10:16

    Well done!

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