Hard Chess Puzzle # 0067

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 : 0067

Difficulty level : hard

Description : Mate in 4 moves

Next Move : White

Player level : Advanced

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Hard chess puzzle 0067

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Solution to hard chess puzzle 0067

At this puzzle, next move is by White. The objective of the puzzle is to mate in 4 moves.

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Solution 1

Initial board position

This is the initial board position of hard chess puzzle 0067.

Move 1

Move by white

Re8+ - You can have a checkmate, if you can push the king to h file where its nearby squares are occupied by friendly pieces. The rook sacrifices itself to push the king

Move 2

Move by black

Qxe8 - Opponent has only two moves. Either their queen can capture your rook or the king can move to h7. If the king moves to h7, you can checkmate in next move by moving your rook to h1

Move 3

Move by white

Qxe8+ - Since the rook and queen were in battery formation, your queen captures the opponent's queen and gives a check. Now the king has to leave eighth rank

Move 4

Move by black

Kh7 - This is the only legal move available for the opponent. This is a zugzwang move

Move 5

Move by white

Rh1+ - Your another rook moves to h file and gives a check. Since the nearby squares are occupied by friendly pieces, the king has no free squares to move.

Move 6

Move by black

Bh3+ - Opponent's bishop blocks the check threat and gives a check at the same time

Move 7

Move by white

Rxh3# - Your rook captures the bishop and checkmates. Since there are no pieces to block your rook's attack, the game ends in a checkmate

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Right moves for the solution to the hard chess puzzle 0067

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

Re8+, Qxe8+, Rh1+, Rxh3#

Explanation for the moves

Re8+ - You can have a checkmate, if you can push the king to h file where its nearby squares are occupied by friendly pieces. The rook sacrifices itself to push the king
Qxe8+ - Since the rook and queen were in battery formation, your queen captures the opponent’s queen and gives a check. Now the king has to leave eighth rank
Rh1+ - Your another rook moves to h file and gives a check. Since the nearby squares are occupied by friendly pieces, the king has no free squares to move.
Rxh3# - Your rook captures the bishop and checkmates. Since there are no pieces to block your rook’s attack, the game ends in a checkmate
Bh3+ - Opponent’s bishop blocks the check threat and gives a check at the same time
Qxe8 - Opponent has only two moves. Either their queen can capture your rook or the king can move to h7. If the king moves to h7, you can checkmate in next move by moving your rook to h1
Kh7 - This is the only legal move available for the opponent. This is a zugzwang move
For right move - You have used your rooks and queen effectively to have a mate in 4 moves. Those were the best moves
For wrong move - You could have pushed the king to h7 to have a checkmate. Try again