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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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5W0021 [solution]	_____	5W0022 [solution] [Next]
5W0023 [solution]	_____	5W0024 [solution] [Next]
5W0021 1. Qg8+ Kg6 2. Qe8+ Kh7 (not Kf6 3. Qe6 mate.) 3. Bg8+ Kh8 4. Bf7+ Kh7 5. Bg6 mate.	_____	5W0022 1. c8=Q Rxc8 2. Bxc8+ Kxc8 3. a6 Black can't stop both pawns. Kb8 4. d7 Kdc7 5. a7 wins
5W0023 1. Bg6+ Bf5 2. Qxf5+ Ke7 3. Qf7+ Kd8 4. Qe8 mate if 2. ... Kg8 3. Qf7+ Kh8 4. Qe8+ Qf8 5. Qxf8 mate.	_____	5W0024 1. c6 Re7 2. c7!!! and the threat of Rb8+ mates in 2. If now 2. ... Re8 3. Nd8!!! will mate by move 5.
5W0025 [solution]	_____	5W0026 [solution] [Next]
5W0027 [solution]	_____	5W0028 [solution] [Next]
5W0025 1. Qxd8+ Rxd8 (or 1. ... Qe8 and white is up a rook ) 2. Rxd8+ Qe8 3. Rxe8+ Bf8 4. Bh6 f5 5. Rxf8 mate.	_____	5W0026 1. Qxf7+ Kh8 2. Qh5+ Kg8 3. Qh7+ Kf8 4. Qh8+ Ke7 5. Qxg7 mate. The key here is to eliminate the f7 pawn first.
5W0027 1. g7 Kf7 2. g8=Q+ Kxg8 3. Kxf6 Kh7 4. Kg5 wins the pawn on move 5. (This should be enough to win the game.)	_____	5W0028 1. Bf4+ Kc8 2. Qe8+ Rd8 (forced) 3. Be6 mate! So instead 1. ... Kc6 2. Qe6+ Kc5 3. Be3+ Rd4 4. Bxd4+ Kb4 5. Qe1 mate.
5W0029 [solution]	_____	5W0030 [solution] [Next]
5W0031 [solution]	_____	5W0032 [solution] [Next]
5W0029 The easiest way is 1. Qxg2 Nxg2 2. Rg1 winning the knight 2. ... Kf6 3. Rxg2 Kf7 4. Rxf8+ Rxf8 5. Bxf8 with a won endgame	_____	5W0030 1. Kh3 and the black king must run. The continued 1. ... Ke7 2. Qd7+ Kf6 (Kf8 and then Qd8+ wins a rook) 3. Qe6+ Kg5 4. Qe7+ Kh6 5. Qh4 mate
5W0031 1. Nxe5! Bxd1 2. Bb5+ c6 (if Nd7 3. Bxd7+ Qxd7 4. Nxd7 and white is up a piece) 3. dxc6 Qb8 (Qc7, cxb7+ wins) (Qb7, cxb7+) 4. c7+ Nd7 5. Bxd7 mate	_____	5W0032 1. Rxa7! wth a crushing attack. The game continued 1. ... c6!? 2. bxc6! Kxa7 (if Nxc6 then Bxc6 Kxa7 Ra1+ Kb8 Bxb6) 3. c7!! Bb4 4. Ra1+ Ba5 5. Rxa5 mate!
5W0033 [solution]	_____	5W0034 [solution] [Next]
5W0035 [solution]	_____	5W0036 [solution] [Next]
5W0033 the wrong way to do this is 1. Kxg6 where both sides queen on move 5. Instead 1. f5!! queens before black does. If 1. ... gxf5 then 2. g6 queens on move 4.	_____	5W0034 1. Ne5+ dxe5 2. Bxg4+ forks king and knight, but black can try to hang on a little longer with Kc6 3. Ne7+ kd6 4. Nf5+ wins because if Ke6 then 5. Nxg7 double check
5W0035 1. Ng6+ forking the king and queen. If 1. ... hxg6 2. Qxg6 threatening mate. Now 2. ... Kg8 (forced) 3. Qh7+ Kf7 4. Bg6#.	_____	5W0036 1. g3+ Kg4 2. h3+ and now 2. ... Kh5 or 2. ... Kxh3 3. Qh4 mate. If 2. ... Kf3 then 3. Ng5 mate. If instead 1. ... Kf3 2. Ng5+ Kg4 3. h3+ Kh5 4. Qxh7+ Kg5 5. Qh4 mate.
5W0037 [solution]	_____	5W0038 [solution] [Next]
5W0039 [solution]	_____	5W0040 [solution] [Next]
5W0037 1. Rxf6+ gxf6 and now Bh6+ does work but maybe better is 2. Qe6 threatening mate. 2. ... Ke8 3. Qf7+ Kd7 4. Rd1+ with a skewer. If 4. ... Bd5 5. Rxd5+ and the knight on e7 is pinned.	_____	5W0038 1. Rb8 Bc6 2. Na2 a5 3. b4 axb4 4. Nxb4 and white will win at least a pawn. If 3. ... a4 4. b5! Bxb5? 5. Rxb7 wins a piece. If instead 1. ... b5?? 2. Rb7 wins a piece.
5W0039 1. Rd2 (to prevent Qxb2 mate) Now if 1. ... Qxg3 then 2. Qxf7+ Kd8 3. Qf6+ forks the king and the rook. If instead 1. ... Qf6 2. Rf1! Qe7 3. Rxf7 Qd6 4. Rd7+ (or Rf8+!) Kf8 5. Qf7 mate!	_____	5W0040 1. Rf6! and the threat of 2. Qxh6+ gxh6 3. Rxh6 mate is too much. if 1. ... Kh7 2. Rxg7+ Kxg7 3. Qxh6+ Kg8 4. Qg5+ Kh7 5. Rh6 mate. If instead 1. ... g6 2. Qxh6+ Kg8 3. e6! is crushing.

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