A Halloween Chess Puzzle

The name of the pictureThe name of the pictureThe name of the pictureClash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP











up vote
4
down vote

favorite
1












Halloween is finally here, so I thought I'd do a theme puzzle! I love chess, and I wanted to do a chess puzzle... so...




enter image description here



(It kind of looks like a jack-o-lantern, okay?)



Black to move and mate in 5!



No trickery here, just a normal chess puzzle.











share|improve this question

























    up vote
    4
    down vote

    favorite
    1












    Halloween is finally here, so I thought I'd do a theme puzzle! I love chess, and I wanted to do a chess puzzle... so...




    enter image description here



    (It kind of looks like a jack-o-lantern, okay?)



    Black to move and mate in 5!



    No trickery here, just a normal chess puzzle.











    share|improve this question























      up vote
      4
      down vote

      favorite
      1









      up vote
      4
      down vote

      favorite
      1






      1





      Halloween is finally here, so I thought I'd do a theme puzzle! I love chess, and I wanted to do a chess puzzle... so...




      enter image description here



      (It kind of looks like a jack-o-lantern, okay?)



      Black to move and mate in 5!



      No trickery here, just a normal chess puzzle.











      share|improve this question













      Halloween is finally here, so I thought I'd do a theme puzzle! I love chess, and I wanted to do a chess puzzle... so...




      enter image description here



      (It kind of looks like a jack-o-lantern, okay?)



      Black to move and mate in 5!



      No trickery here, just a normal chess puzzle.








      no-computers chess seasonal






      share|improve this question













      share|improve this question











      share|improve this question




      share|improve this question










      asked 40 mins ago









      Excited Raichu

      2,715235




      2,715235




















          1 Answer
          1






          active

          oldest

          votes

















          up vote
          5
          down vote



          accepted










          Pretty easy:




          1... Rxb2+ 2. Ka1 Rd2+ 3. Kb1 Qe4+ 4. Nd3 Qxd3+ 5. Bc2 Qxc2#







          share|improve this answer






















          • A fancier way to do it is 4.....Rxd1+ 5. Ka2 Ra1# ;)
            – Excited Raichu
            25 mins ago










          • I didn't see that, and btw, did you intend to make the position look like a gift box with a handle?!
            – Wais Kamal
            23 mins ago










          Your Answer





          StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function ()
          return StackExchange.using("mathjaxEditing", function ()
          StackExchange.MarkdownEditor.creationCallbacks.add(function (editor, postfix)
          StackExchange.mathjaxEditing.prepareWmdForMathJax(editor, postfix, [["$", "$"], ["\\(","\\)"]]);
          );
          );
          , "mathjax-editing");

          StackExchange.ready(function()
          var channelOptions =
          tags: "".split(" "),
          id: "559"
          ;
          initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

          StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
          // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
          if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
          StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
          createEditor();
          );

          else
          createEditor();

          );

          function createEditor()
          StackExchange.prepareEditor(
          heartbeatType: 'answer',
          convertImagesToLinks: false,
          noModals: true,
          showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
          reputationToPostImages: null,
          bindNavPrevention: true,
          postfix: "",
          imageUploader:
          brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
          contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
          allowUrls: true
          ,
          noCode: true, onDemand: true,
          discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
          ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
          );



          );













           

          draft saved


          draft discarded


















          StackExchange.ready(
          function ()
          StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fpuzzling.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f74582%2fa-halloween-chess-puzzle%23new-answer', 'question_page');

          );

          Post as a guest






























          1 Answer
          1






          active

          oldest

          votes








          1 Answer
          1






          active

          oldest

          votes









          active

          oldest

          votes






          active

          oldest

          votes








          up vote
          5
          down vote



          accepted










          Pretty easy:




          1... Rxb2+ 2. Ka1 Rd2+ 3. Kb1 Qe4+ 4. Nd3 Qxd3+ 5. Bc2 Qxc2#







          share|improve this answer






















          • A fancier way to do it is 4.....Rxd1+ 5. Ka2 Ra1# ;)
            – Excited Raichu
            25 mins ago










          • I didn't see that, and btw, did you intend to make the position look like a gift box with a handle?!
            – Wais Kamal
            23 mins ago














          up vote
          5
          down vote



          accepted










          Pretty easy:




          1... Rxb2+ 2. Ka1 Rd2+ 3. Kb1 Qe4+ 4. Nd3 Qxd3+ 5. Bc2 Qxc2#







          share|improve this answer






















          • A fancier way to do it is 4.....Rxd1+ 5. Ka2 Ra1# ;)
            – Excited Raichu
            25 mins ago










          • I didn't see that, and btw, did you intend to make the position look like a gift box with a handle?!
            – Wais Kamal
            23 mins ago












          up vote
          5
          down vote



          accepted







          up vote
          5
          down vote



          accepted






          Pretty easy:




          1... Rxb2+ 2. Ka1 Rd2+ 3. Kb1 Qe4+ 4. Nd3 Qxd3+ 5. Bc2 Qxc2#







          share|improve this answer














          Pretty easy:




          1... Rxb2+ 2. Ka1 Rd2+ 3. Kb1 Qe4+ 4. Nd3 Qxd3+ 5. Bc2 Qxc2#








          share|improve this answer














          share|improve this answer



          share|improve this answer








          edited 18 mins ago









          hexomino

          32.1k295153




          32.1k295153










          answered 27 mins ago









          Wais Kamal

          332111




          332111











          • A fancier way to do it is 4.....Rxd1+ 5. Ka2 Ra1# ;)
            – Excited Raichu
            25 mins ago










          • I didn't see that, and btw, did you intend to make the position look like a gift box with a handle?!
            – Wais Kamal
            23 mins ago
















          • A fancier way to do it is 4.....Rxd1+ 5. Ka2 Ra1# ;)
            – Excited Raichu
            25 mins ago










          • I didn't see that, and btw, did you intend to make the position look like a gift box with a handle?!
            – Wais Kamal
            23 mins ago















          A fancier way to do it is 4.....Rxd1+ 5. Ka2 Ra1# ;)
          – Excited Raichu
          25 mins ago




          A fancier way to do it is 4.....Rxd1+ 5. Ka2 Ra1# ;)
          – Excited Raichu
          25 mins ago












          I didn't see that, and btw, did you intend to make the position look like a gift box with a handle?!
          – Wais Kamal
          23 mins ago




          I didn't see that, and btw, did you intend to make the position look like a gift box with a handle?!
          – Wais Kamal
          23 mins ago

















           

          draft saved


          draft discarded















































           


          draft saved


          draft discarded














          StackExchange.ready(
          function ()
          StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fpuzzling.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f74582%2fa-halloween-chess-puzzle%23new-answer', 'question_page');

          );

          Post as a guest













































































          Comments

          Popular posts from this blog

          What does second last employer means? [closed]

          Installing NextGIS Connect into QGIS 3?

          One-line joke