Chess Puzzle #08nkL — Intermediate, White to move, middlegame

Rating 1500 · Intermediate · mate, mate in 1, middlegame, one move.

Position

White: king h1; queen f5; rook e1; bishops b1/e3; pawns a2/a3/c3/d4/e5/g2/h3. Black: king h8; queen a6; rooks a8/f8; knights c7/d8; pawns a4/b7/c4/d5/f6/f7/h6. Black is ahead by 5 points of material. White to move.

Solution (1 move)

  1. Opponent setup: fxe5 — pawn f6→e5, captures pawn. Now White to move.
  2. Best move: Qh7# — queen f5→h7, delivers checkmate.

Tactical themes

mate, mate in 1, middlegame, one move. The combination ends with Qh7# delivering checkmate.

Position data

FEN: r2n1r1k/1pn2p2/q4p1p/3pPQ2/p1pP4/P1P1B2P/P5P1/1B2R2K b - - 3 28

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