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White to move. How should White proceed?

Nimzowitsch 1925, presented by Andreas

q5k1/5p2/7Q/r2b1B2/8/8/r2R3K/8 w – – 0 1

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  1. Unknown Reply

    1.Bh7+ Kh8 2.Bc2+ Kg8 3.Rg2+ Bxg2 4.Bh7+ Kh8 5.Bg6 Kg8 6.Qh7 ++-

  2. Anonymous Reply

    Mate in 7 moves:
    1 Bh7+
    2 Bc2+
    3Rg2+
    4Bh7+
    5 Bg6+
    6 Qh7+
    7 Qxf7#
    BY: TSEKMATE

  3. Anonymous Reply

    Very very nice. Sweet second move, once seen rest is cake.

  4. James I. Hymas Reply

    This is a very cool interference theme!

    1. Bh7+ Kh8
    2. Bc2+ Kg8
    3. Rg2+ B:g2
    4. Bh7+ Kh8
    5. Bg6+ Kg8
    6. Qh7+ Kf8
    7. Q:f7#

  5. Lucymarie Reply

    Well, if the Black bishop weren’t on the a2-g8 diagonal, White could play 1. Bh7+ Kh8 2. Bg6+ Kg8 3. Qxf7#. White can still implement that plan, but
    must deflect the Black bishop off the diagonal first, and without giving Black the opportunity of playing Rxd2+.

    1. Bh7+ Kh8 2. Bc2+ Kg8 3. Rg2+ Bxg2 4. Bh7+ Kh8 5. Bg6+ Kg8 6. Qh7+ Kf8 7. Qxf7#

  6. Oleg Mezjuev Reply

    1. Bh7+ Kh8 2. Bc2+ Kg8 3. Rg2+! Bxg2 4. Bh7+ Kh8 5. Bg6+ Kg8 6. Qh7+ Kf8 7. Qxf7#

  7. Claudio Reply

    1.Bh7+ Kh8 2.Bc2+ Kg8 3.Rg2+ BxRg2 4.Bh7+ Kh8 5.Bg6+ Kg8 6.Qh7+ Kf8 7.Qf7+ mate

  8. Anonymous Reply

    1 Bh7 wins the house

  9. Unknown Reply

    1. Bh7+ Kh8
    2. Bc2+ Kg8
    3. Rg2+ Bg2
    4. Bh7+ Kh8
    5. Bg6+ Kg8
    6. Qh7+ Kf8
    7. Qf7# Supsup

  10. Unknown Reply

    1. Bh7+ Kh8
    2. Bc2+ Kg8
    3. Rg2+ Bg2
    4. Bh7+ Kh8
    5. Bg6+ Kg8
    6. Qh7+ Kf8
    7. Qf7#

  11. Saurabh Joshi Reply

    1. Bh7+ Kh8 2. Be4+ Kg8 3. Rg2#

  12. Anonymous Reply

    1Nice one! 🙂
    1. Bh7+ Kh8
    2. Bc2+ Kg8
    3. Rg2+ Bg2:
    4. Bh7+ Kh8
    5. Bg6+ Kg8
    6. Qh7+ Kf8
    7. Qf7#

  13. s.k.srivastava Reply

    Mate in seven

  14. Anonymous Reply

    help!…..

  15. Anonymous Reply

    help!…..

  16. Anonymous Reply

    Nice problem. The solution is :
    1. Bh7 Kh8
    2. Bc2 Kg8
    3. Rg2 Bg2
    4. Bh7 Kh8
    5. Bg6 Kg8
    6. Qh7 Kf8
    7. Qf7++

    Regards from Equador.

    EJCB

  17. Yancey Ward Reply

    Well, typically, this setup with the queen and bishop would lead me to 1.Bh7 followed by 2.Bg6 discovered check:

    1. Bh7 Kh8
    2. Bg6 Kg8

    And white would check at h7 with the queen followed by Qxf7 mate. However, black has cover on f7. So, white must get the rook involved somewhere, but the rook is pinned to the king and cannot even check from g2. This suggests immediately to me that white’s second move be Bc2 to free the white rook for action. From the top:

    1. Bh7 Kh8
    2. Bc2 Kg8
    3. Rg2

    There literally can be no other move here for white other than the repetitive 3.Bh7. Of course, now white mates as I described at the beginning:

    3. …..Bg2 (only moves follow)
    4. Bh7 Kh8
    5. Bg6! Kg8
    6. Qh7 Kf8
    7. Qf7#

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