White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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1.Nxh6+!.gxh6.
2.Rg3.Qxg3.
3.fxg3. Wins the Q for N+R+P! With a murderous attack following.
4.Ra4..5.Rg4.6.
Or 4.Rf1.5.Rf6
Nxh6+ losses the queen for black in exchange for rook & knight
Edgar
Nxh6+ Rook Pins Queen
Nh6+
This one is crystal clear.
1.Nxh6+ gxh6
2.Rg3
1. Nxh6+ gxN
2. Rg3
1. Nxh6+ gxh6
2. Rg3 1-0
1. Nxh6+! gxh6 (otherwise Nxg4)
2. Rg3! Qxg3 (only move)
3. fxg3
Down with Q for R+N, black may go on playing because he has a strong e-pawn. But he has structural weaknesses as well and white should win comfortably with accurate and careful moves.
To Yancey Ward and Prof. Bath:
Could you please look at a comment I have given on yesterday’s puzzle?
A discussion of the line 1. Re8 Qb6.
Capture H6 with knight and then pin the Queen with Rook.
So Queen + pawn for Knight + Rook.
1. Nh6+ gh
2. Rg3 pinning the queen.
Nxh6+ gxh6
Rg3 wins the Q
1. Nxh6
If the black king moves, Nxg3 results in loss of Queen.
1 …. gxh6
2. Rg3! Qxg3
3. f2xg3
Also loses the queen, but atleast gains a night and a rook for a pawn.
Even so, White’s position is better after Rf1, and in due course strengthening its h pawn.
Black can initiate some counter play with Rb-d8 (open file) or Rb-e8 (supporting and advancing the isolated black pawn with an while pawn to challenge from the f file).
However, Qxb8 will weaken the Queen side, and enable White Queen with a dominating position in the seventh rank.
1. Nxh6+ gxh6 2. Rg3 1-0
I would play R-a4
The move that most suggest seems an unclear result.
It is true that Nxh6, and its suggested outcomes, still requires white to pay well to harness its pleasent position.
R-a4 also seems to be a great move, which attempts to attack (and probably win) the queen and also develop the rook to g/h files.
However, there is a small concern.
Black seems to have Na4, protecting the Queen and in turn threatening the White Queen.
If NxN, it dissolves the fork with Nxf6. Then Qd7 gives black Queen the wriggle room, strengthening the f7 square.
If now Nxf6, Kh7 followed by NxQ, black also has NxQ. Qc2+ is not possible with Knight on d4.
If c3xN, it closes the 4th rank temporarility and gives back some tempo to Black to help rebuild its Queen and pawns on the king side.
In this process white is still strong, up with a night and pawn. However, since Black Queen is still on the board, more counter play seems possible.
Nxf6 seems to give an upperhand straight away, with considerable material gain. Black rooks either stay passive to protect the pawns, or any rook counter play allows inroads.