Chess Puzzle #EEWH9 — Intermediate, Black to move, middlegame

Rating 1469 · Intermediate · mate, mate in 1, middlegame, one move.

Position

White: king a1; queen e1; rooks b1/h3; bishop e5; knight h4; pawns a3/b2/b4/d4/g4/h5. Black: king g8; queen c2; rooks c3/f2; bishop d3; knight e7; pawns a4/d5/e4/e6/g7/h6. Material is balanced. Black to move.

Solution (1 move)

  1. Opponent setup: Qxc3 — queen e1→c3, captures rook. Now Black to move.
  2. Best move: Qxb1# — queen c2→b1, captures rook, delivers checkmate.

Tactical themes

mate, mate in 1, middlegame, one move. The combination ends with Qxb1# delivering checkmate.

Position data

FEN: 6k1/4n1p1/4p2p/3pB2P/pP1Pp1PN/P1rb3R/1Pq2r2/KR2Q3 w - - 6 31

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