Chess Problem: White to Play and Mate in 17

[arielapp]

in 5:24, the black ruck ca n take the white ruck...

[hueypham04]

@arielapp if RXh3, white replies C8#

[arielapp]

@hueypham04

so pawn take

[andersv20]

@arielapp so?

[cooldude4172]

@arielapp if the blackrook takes the white rook then whites top pawn will promote into a queen or a rook and checkmate.

[tydougandrene]

Brilliant!!!!!!

[michaeljimpogi23]

i think the great first move for white is pawn to e3 and the black rook can no longer check the black king!!:)

[gustavonma]

i Dont understand rook in h8 checkmated! ¬¬ chematected in two!

[ElektricSnow]

because whites currently in check

[Sheakmate]

wrong, black rook can eat white rook after he eats pawn on G3 , in the long run he forces a stalemate

[LanceChui]

Nope, pawn on C7 can advance, and checkmate. So black HAS to keep checking, or he will instantly lose

[mavaddat]

Haha, gave this problem to Rybka and it freaked.

[JosephMelia]

The ambassador is really spoiling us with these Ferrero Roche

[Tommybadbot]

thought about c8=Q or R# ?

[ClaudioArrau]

great puzzle.

[rolfch1p]

wow!! very creative puzzle!!

[stonerftw94]

Yes, still mate. If black takes whites rook, white checkmates with pawn promotion on c8...

[linjuntao]

Nice

[skillsex]

the video shows a mate in 16... that is the mate in 17: 1. e3 Rxe3+ 2. c3 Rxc3+ 3. Ka2 Ra3+ 4. Kb1 Ra1+ 5. Kc2 Rc1+ 6. Kd3 Rc3+ 7. Ke2 Re3+ 8. Kf1 Re1+ 9. Kg2 Rg1+ 10. Kf3 Rxg3+ 11. Ke2 Re3+ 12. Kd1 Re1+ 13. Kc2 Rc1+ 14. Kb3 Rc3+ 15. Ka2 Rxc7 16. Rh8+ Rc8 17. Rxc8# 1-0 but actually it is only a mate in 18!! because of 8...Re8! 9. g4 Re1+ 10. Kg2 Rg1+ 11. Kf3 Rg3+ 12. Ke2 Re3+ 13. Kd1 Re1+ 14. Kc2 Rc1+ 15. Kb3 Rc3+ 16. Ka2 Rxc7 17. Rh8+ Rc8 18. Rxc8#

[McDooflePants]

1 move to beat it -.-

White rook on H3 to H8.

Epic Win.

[skillsex]

ur in check, patzer

[lilondra]

I lol'd

[poolwizard1986]

If Rxc7 then Rh8+ Rc8 forced Rxc8++

[davidmingming]

I really liked this.

[erlico82]

there's a flaw ... on the 15th move if black goes Rxc7 it will not be check mate in 17 moves ... but still interesting

[shorbock]

sorry that was supposed to be an answer to rob201r

[shorbock]

obviously you didn't watch the video ...

[mckill2007]

instead of Ra3+ in the 15th move, why not Rxc7 (mates in 17)

[hi19hi19]

Wow. Really cool solution!

[GoldDraconian]

A lot of people don't get these, but I appreciate them. You seem to get a lot of negative comments, so I want to offer my thanks for pushing ahead anyway.

[ra1u]

This is mate in 18 since 8.. Re8 9.g4 and that as usually whit 9.. Re1+

[rbq123]

interesting

[thechesskid]

Actually Shulam, if Rxc7 instead of Ra3+, then Ra3 is still mate so it doesn't take an extra move

[MrPropapanda]

@thechesskid Ra3 is not mate. FAIL!

[ShulamC]

Actually, black can make it last longer in that one position when the rook can take out the whites pawn which is closest to queening.

[Aleric17]

Yeah, but then it's mate in 17 like the title says. In the video however he says incorrectly that it's mate in 16.

[GreenCastleBlock]

Here is a much simpler puzzle where the winning side begins in check. White: Rb1,Rh7,Kf2; Black: Ka8,Rg2.

[GreenCastleBlock]

That's a very neat puzzle, I like the circular path. Also thanks for the plug.