Hard Chess Puzzle # 0066

Solve this hard chess puzzle and improve your chess games through improvement of your chess strategies and chess tactics. This hard puzzle is a subset of kids games.

Puzzle No : 0066

Difficulty level : hard

Description : Mate in 3 moves

Next Move : White

Player level : Advanced

Short URL for puzzle : https://gbud.in/gkwfcp3

Hard chess puzzle 0066

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Solution to hard chess puzzle 0066

At this puzzle, next move is by White. The objective of the puzzle is to mate in 3 moves.

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Solution 1

Initial board position

This is the initial board position of hard chess puzzle 0066.

Move 1

Move by black

Bg4 - Your opponent is trying to pin your knight to your queen. If you move your knight, their bishop will capture queen

Move 2

Move by white

Nxe5 - You are ready to sacrifice your queen for a possible checkmate. With this movement, you opened the diagonal for the opponent's bishop to attack your queen. At the same time, your knight will now attack f7 which is supported by their king alone

Move 3

Move by black

Bxd1 - Your opponent captures your queen as it is of more value than a bishop. For them it is a material gain. However, they have not realised the threat made by your knight

Move 4

Move by white

Bf7+ - Bishop captures the pawn at f7 and gives a check. Opponent's king can not capture your bishop since it is supported by your knight

Move 5

Move by black

Ke7 - Opponent's king responds to the check threat as this is only free square available

Move 6

Move by white

Nd5# - Your another knight moves and gives a checkmate. The king has no free squares to move. This is how you can mate in 3 moves

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Right moves for the solution to the hard chess puzzle 0066

Based on the objective of the puzzle, you have to make the right moves. Following are the right moves

Nxe5, Bf7+, Nd5#

Explanation for the moves

Bg4 - Your opponent is trying to pin your knight to your queen. If you move your knight, their bishop will capture queen
Nxe5 - You are ready to sacrifice your queen for a possible checkmate. With this movement, you opened the diagonal for the opponent’s bishop to attack your queen. At the same time, your knight will now attack f7 which is supported by their king alone
Bxd1 - Your opponent captures your queen as it is of more value than a bishop. For them it is a material gain. However, they have not realised the threat made by your knight
Bf7+ - Bishop captures the pawn at f7 and gives a check. Opponent’s king can not capture your bishop since it is supported by your knight
Ke7 - Opponent’s king responds to the check threat as this is only free square available
Nd5# - Your another knight moves and gives a checkmate. The king has no free squares to move. This is how you can mate in 3 moves
For right move - You have sacrificed your queen to mate in 3 moves. It was a right sacrifice
For wrong move - You could have sacrificed your queen to mate in 3 moves. Do not stop trying