4 Responses to Tuesday Quiz

  1. Yuichi Sato says:

    (a) 1. …d3 2.cxd3 Ba4+ 3.Rb3 Bxb3#
    (b) 1. …d3 2.Bxd3 Ba4
    (b1) 3.Bg5 Rxd3+ 4.Qxd3 Qxd3+ 5.Ke1 ( 5.Kc1?? Qxc2# ) Qxc2 or Bxc2 -+
    (b2) 3.Qf2 Rxd3+ 4.Bd2 Rxd2+ 5.Qxd2 ( 5.Kc1?? Qxc2# ) cxd2 6.Kxd2 Qxc2+ 7.Ke3 ( or 7.Ke1 Qxb1+ ) Qxb1 -+
    (b3) 3.Bd2 Rxd3 4.Qe1 or Qf1 Rxd2+ 5.Qxd2 ( 5.Kc1?? Qxc2# ) cxd2 6.Kxd2 Qxc2+ 7.Ke3 ( or 7.Ke1 Qxb1+ ) Qxb1 -+
    (c) 1. …d3 2.Qxd3 Ba4 3.Qxd8+ Kxd8 4.Bg5+ Kc8 5.Rc1 f6
    (c1) 6.Bh6 Qxh4 -+
    (c2) 6.Bxf6? Qf4 7.Bd3 ( 7.Bxc3? Qxf1+ 8.Be1 Qxg2 -+ ) Qxf6 8.h5 Qg5 9.Be2 Qxg2 and White will lose his or her passed pawn on h-file as well. -+ 
    (d) 1. …d3 2.Qf2 dxc2+ 3.Qxc2 Ba4+ 4.Bd2 Rxd2+ 5.Kc1 Qxc2#

  2. bumpaguv says:

    1…d3 2. Bxd3 [2. Qxd3 Ba4 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 -+] 2…Ba4 3. Bd2 [3. Be3 Bxc2+ 4. Ke1 (4. Kxc2 Qxd3+ and mates soon) 4…Rxd3 -+] 4…Rxd3 -+

  3. yelenadembo says:

    Very good!

  4. yelenadembo says:

    Well done!

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