White to move. How should white proceed?
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Bg6+! And mate follows with Bb4+.
bg6+ (Ke7, bb4++),hg, Qg6+, Ke7, bb4++
bg6+ (Ke7, bb4++),hg, Qg6+, Ke7, bb4++
i think bb6+ if pxb then qb6 forces ke7 either way , this gives bb4+ nd6 forceed then bxd6#
1. Bg6+ hg
2. Q:g6+ Ke7
3. Bb4 Nd6
4. B:d6#
1.Qg6+ hxg6 2.Bxg6+ Ke7 3.Bb4+ Nd6 4.Bxd6++
1. Bg6+ hxg6 (… Ke7, 2. Bb4+ Nd6, 3.Bxd6#)
2. Qxg6+ Ke7
3. Bb4+ Nd6
4. Bxd6#
The black king is vulnerable to attack by the white queen on g6.
1. Bg6+ hxg6
2. Qxg6+ Ke7
3. Bb4+ Nd6
4. Bxd6# 1-0
Another possibility is:
1… Ke7
2. Bb4+ Nd6
3. Bxd6# 1-0
1. Qg6+ hg 2. B:g6+ Ke7 3. Bb4+ Nd6 4. B:d6#.
Bg6 looks looks like it leads to mate with the other bishop coming to b4 eventually.
1Qg6+ wins
1. Bg6+ (or White can be a grandstander with 1. Qg6+) hxg6 (1. .. Ke7 2.
Bb4+) 2. Qxg6+ Ke7 3. Bb4+ Nd6 4. Bxd6#
1. Bg6+ hxg6
2. Qg6+ Ke7
3. Bb4+ Nd6
4. Bd6#
Is it really so simple, or am I overlooking something ?
Bg6 and mate to follow soon.
….hXg6 will be followed by
Qxg6
and the dark square bishop
can be used for check mate.
Bg6+
1Bg6+ hxg6 Refusal will shorten the game.
2 Qxg6+ Ke7
3 Bb4+ Nd6
4Bxd6#
1. ♗g6+
1. … ♚e7
2. ♗b4+ ♞d6
3. ♗xd6#
1. … hxg6
2. ♕xg6+ ♚e7
3. ♗b4+ ♞d6
4. ♗xd6#
Alternatively:
1. ♕g6+ hxg6
2. ♗xg6+
Several candidate first moves but looking MOST FORCING is
1. Bg6+
if 1….hxg6
2. Qxg6+ Ke7
3. Bb4+ and mate follows
if 1…Ke7
2. Bb4+ and mate follows
The two White bishops start in single file then split like the Zulu’s ‘horns of the bull’ at the
Battle of Isandlwana.
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1. Qg6+ or Bg6+ hxg6
2. Bxg6+ or Qxg6+ Ke7
3. Bb4+ Nd6
4. Bxd6#
Bg6! hxg6
Qxg6! Ke7
Bb4! Nd6
Bxd6-
or
Bg6! Ke7
Bb4! Nd6
Bxd6-