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Rf5
Qxg6
Bf4!
Rf5!
Rf5!
Rf5!
Rf5 and wins.
Tf5
Tf5
Rf5!
1.Rf5
Tf5
Rf5
if gxf5, Qh5, Bh6, Qh6#
if Queen moves away then Qxg6 followed by similar mating net with rook checking on h file.
if Black queen takes rook then pawn takes queen…
1. Qxg6 (threatening Qh5, Qxh6++) Rgd8 (maybe? it would allow black to at least get a bishop for his queen)
2. Bf4 Qxf4
4. Rxf4 (queen on g6 stronger than on h5?)
Bf4
Bf4 traps white’s queen
Bf4 traps white’s queen
Bf4 traps white’s queen
Bf4 traps white’s queen
Rf5 lose Q or mate .adeeb
1.Rf5! wins immediately!
1.Rf5! gxf5 2.Qh5+ Bh6 3.Qxh6 mate.
1.Rf5! Qd6 2.Rh5+! Bh6 3.Rxh6+! Kg7 4.Rxg6+ (+-)….
Kamalakanta
Rf5
R-f5!
Rf5! If pawn takes, mate follows.
Rf5!
If ..gf, Qh5+
If Q moves, Rh5+ followed by ..Bh6, Bh6 or ..gh, Qh5+
-Amit
1.Rf5!!.
A>1….gxf5?.2.Qh5+.Bh6.3.Qxh6#!
B>1….Qxf5.2.exf5. White has Q for R with a mating attack.
C>1…Qxe4.2.Qxe4.gxf5.3.Qxf5.Re8.4.Qg6!and will mate in a few moves!
D>1…Qxc6/d6/c7/b8.2.Qxg6! And will mate shortly.
tf5¡
Tf5¡
Rf5
R f5
1. Rf5
Rf5
Rf5
Rf5
Rf5!
Rf5 gxf5
Qh5+ Bh6
Qxh6#
Black has his king in a very vulnerable h-file. If the g6 pawn was instead on g5 or f5, there was mate in 2 with Qh5+ Bh6 Qxb6#. This is what white must go for this idea with:
1. Rf5!
Now black could avoid the mate by giving up queen for rook with e.g. a bishop move to give the king escape.
Trying instead to save the queen:
1. … Qd6/Qc7/Qb8 (differences to be seen later)
2. Rh5+! Bh6
The B sack is enforced. gxh5 Qxh5+ Bh6 Qxh6# was what white hoped for here.
3. Rxh6+ Kg7
White is at least comfortably up with a bishop.
This is where I started thinking, comparing Qxg6+ to Rxg6+.
I prefer:
4. Rxg6+ Kf7 (Kf8? Rxg8+ Kf7 Qg6#)
Presuming black Q was on c7/b8, I have a direct mate with:
5. Qe6+! Ke8
6. Rxg8#.
Instead presuming black’s first move was Qd6 (only playable for black as it seems):
5. Rxg8+ Rxg8
6. Qf5
White is still comfortably up with a bishop.
That was the outcome I found here.
I dislike the idea of taking a quick Q exchange here, since it weakens my pawns and strenghtens black king in the end game.
To find the basic idea with 1. Rf5 took me more than 10 seconds, say 20.
That this should at least gain a bishop was pretty obvious when I spotted this move.
Rf5!
1 Rf5 Qxf5
2 exf5 Rgf8
3 fxg6 Kg8
4 Qe6+Kh8
5 Rf5
6 Rh5 Bh6
7 Rxh6++
Qxg6
Qxg6