Pg2
Edit: Apparently I'm being downvoted by somebody who doesn't understand white starts on row 1
I think the definitive solution was already found further down the thread, but I think this could still work
Qd3 Bg3 Nf4 Kh4 ... at that point it becomes a sloppy chase but White takes an indomitable lead, taking B and a pawn easily
That's what I would have thought, leaves the King nowhere to go and there's nothing to block/capture the Queen.
Bc6 Rb2 Trying to mate on g2 and defending.
I'm not sure where to go from there, either bg2+ or nf4+
Either case I can't find a forced mate in my head atleast
Good start. You don't have to calculate all the way to mate in that line, White gets an overwhelming advantage.
But more interestingly: What do you do after Bc6 Rb1+?
It appears I'm an idiot too
I'm very new to chess annotation and i keep using k for knight and king.
I think it's meant to be Ke1 G2 as Ne1 is an illegal move but that's just a notation issue
Yeah it was very late i was meant to be asleep not playing chess puzzles knight starts with a k haha
Nicely done! You solved the main (study) line. There's other lines where Black actually holds out longer, but they're much simpler to calculate.
Bishop moves to g2 checkmate of it doesn't check the king.
If it does then the king walks back towards the rook. Until it takes it or the rook doesn't check the king ending the game
In what position? After 1. Bc6 Rb1+ 2. Ke2 Rb2+ 3. Kd3 Black doesn't have anything but spite checks. And if ...g2, White can now safely go Qc1 with quick checkmate to follow via Qh6+ (since g2 is covered by the bishop).
What's interesting is if black moves to Rf4 and ignores the queen i see how it gets very open ended
After 4. Nf4+, wouldn't it be better for the king to go to f3? Or am I overlooking something obvious
Edit: answered my own question, white king covers f3 after moving to e2, forgot about that
Meant to be Ke1
I fucked up the Knight and King it was 11 at night when i was doing it
No probs. Looks good. I'm a little wary of solutions that aren't forced, but this seems the most reasonable I've seen so far.
My bad, next time I'll provide a link right away. Here you go: https://lichess.org/analysis/4B3/8/6N1/5p2/1r4p1/6pk/7b/4K2Q_w_-_-_0_1?color=white
Hang on im still onto it.
New plan
Bc6
Rb1 checking king
Kd2
Rb2 checking King
Kc1
Rook must leave or be taken. Anywhere doesnt matter.
Qg2 checkmate
Got a modification on it. I think it works...
Bc6, Rb1, Ke2, Rxh1, Bg2+,Kxg2,Nf4+,Kg1,Ke1,Pg2,Ke2#
? I dunno if my logic is right, but pretty sure that might be it, been fiddling moves for a while...
Bc6 Rb1+
Ke2 Rxh1
3.Bg2+ Kxg2
4.NF4+ Kg1
5.Ne1 G2
Hows that
6.Ne2#
Edit K for knight to N
After which horsie nom noms castle, checks king and black is generally speaking fucked. But that doesn't seem as neat as what they're looking for here.
Unfortunately no. After 1. Ke2 g2 2. Qe1 Black has a simple way to win the queen, and after 2. Qc1 Black can at at the very least promote the pawn and there will never be a checkmate for White.
