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White to play and mate in 5 (media.mastodon.cloud)

submitted 1 year ago by jalda@sopuli.xyz to c/chess@lemmy.ml

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Position from yesterday's game Carlsen vs Pantsulaia, Round 2 of the World Cup

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[–] kernelle@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Couldn't figure a reliable way to mate, found the game and holy hell am I impressed. Black made the mistake of trying to pin White's queen, White played Bc7 after that forcing a second mistake of moving the rook.

Solution for mate in 5

!Re8+ Kxe8. Qe4+ Ne6. Qa8+ Rd8. Qxd8+ Nxd8. Rxd8#!<

Full game

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Qe4, Qe8?