Halloween Special: The Results

Puzzle Solutions

Jack's puzzle (mate in 3): 1.Rb8+! Rc8 2.Rxc8+ Nxc8 3.Re8#. (If 1...Nc8, then 2.Re8# straight away.) White's rooks pull Black's defenders off the back rank one by one.

Ollie's puzzle (2 moves to dominance): 1.Qxe6+!! - give up the queen for the rook, with check! After 1...Kxe6, 2.Nxc7+ forks the king and the a8-rook, and 3.Nxa8 leaves White a whole knight up. (If 1...Kg5, White is simply a rook up.)

Lachlan's puzzle (mate in 4): 1.Rxa4! threatens 2.Ra8#. 1...Kf8 2.Qc5+ Ke8 3.Ra7!! Kd8 4.Qf8#. Against 1...h6, 1...h5 or 1...g5, it's 2.Ra7! too - the quiet rook move to the 7th rank is the secret. Against 1...g6, it's 2.Qd4! (threatening Qh8#) Kf8 3.Ra7 Kg8 4.Ra8#. This one cooked us for an HOUR.

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