Chess Puzzle #AEfK8 — Intermediate, Black to move, middlegame

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

Position

White: king g1; queen d2; rooks c1/c2; knight f4; pawns b4/c3/d4/f2/g3/h4. Black: king g8; queen c6; rooks c4/c8; bishop b7; pawns b5/e3/f5/f7/g6/h5. Material is balanced. Black to move.

Solution (1 move)

  1. Opponent setup: Qxe3 — queen d2→e3, captures pawn. Now Black to move.
  2. Best move: Qh1# — queen c6→h1, delivers checkmate.

Tactical themes

mate, mate in 1, middlegame, one move. The combination ends with Qh1# delivering checkmate.

Position data

FEN: 2r3k1/1b3p2/2q3p1/1p3p1p/1PrP1N1P/2P1p1P1/2RQ1P2/2R3K1 w - - 0 39

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