Jefferson City Chess Club Tactical Puzzle
October 2006


White to move and win.

Please submit answers to JCChess89@NOJUNKyahoo.com (Delete NOJUNK)
Please write solutions in Algebraic Chess Notation (ex. Knight to D5 would be written, N-d5.)and a brief reason why the move wins.

Answers for this Puzzle will be posted next month.
Past Puzzles of the Week/Month
Date Answer Explanation
June-March 1. Rd6! Black is helpless to save the queen, if QxR, RxR+ winning the queen by discovery.
March-June 1.Qa8+! Kg7 2.Bxe5! Qxe5 3.Qh8+!!  After king takes, the knight captures the rook and forks the queen and king. 2. Qh8+ does not work because of Kg6!

July

 1.Qb8+! Kf7 2.Qg8+ Kxg8 3.Ne7+ The king is forced to take the queen, if it moves to g6, the knight still forks on e7. After 3.Ne7+ White is able to pick up the black queen and easily queen the pawn.
     

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