White to move. How should white proceed?
8/kp2q3/pR2r2r/1Pp5/7R/1P2Q2P/4K3/8 w – – 0 1
Kling – Horwitz
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White to move. How should white proceed?
8/kp2q3/pR2r2r/1Pp5/7R/1P2Q2P/4K3/8 w – – 0 1
Kling – Horwitz
Very cute!
1. Re6 Re6
And all looks good for black- the white queen is still pinned and waiting to be captured, but all is not as it seems:
2. b6!
And no matter what black does, he is toast:
2. …..Kb6
3. Rh6
Pins the rook to the king and will net a queen for a rook in white’s favor after black captures at h6. Or
2. …..Rb6
3. Qd7 netting a full queen. Or
2. …..Kb8/a8
3. Rh8 followed by mate in two more moves.
1. Rxa6+
Pretty neat.
1. Rxe6 Rxe6
2. b6+ Kxb6
3. Rh6 Rxh6
4. Qxe7 …
…etc.
I can see some moves, but can’t find the winning finish
1 R(b6)xe6 Rxe6
Forced. otherwise, black will lose a piece
2.b6+ Kxb6
again forced as Kb8 leads to mate via Rh8+
3.Rb4+
the pawn is pinned, but now black can escape thru Kc6 and I can’t find the winning one.
1.Rxe6+ Rxe6
2.b6+ Kxb6
3.Rxh6
(if 2. … Kb8, 3. Rh8#)
R:e6 and then b6+
1. R(b6)xe6 Rxe6
2. b6+ Kxb6
3.Rh6 RxR
4.QxQ and white will promote the h-pawn.
Note: if 4….Rxh3 5.Qe6+ and wins the rook.
To supplement Mr Ragnathan move the
rook to h6 on your 3rd move pinning the black rook & winning it.Now it
is queen against rook & technique.
3.Th6
1. Re6: Re6:
2. b6+ Kb6:
3. Rh6 wins
hello ranganathan,
your combination is sound, only finish with 3. Rh6 and a very nice crosspin, that will cost black material.
greets, jan
1.Rxe6 Rxe6
2.b6 Kxb6 (2..Kb8 3.Rh8)
3.Rh6 – winning queen for rook
1. R(b6)xe6 Rxe6 2. b6+ Kxb6 3.Rh6! and black’s queen or rook is lost
1 R(b6)xe6 Rxe6
2 b6 ch Kxb6
3 Rh6 !
White needs to use the pins and discovered checks before black can.
So first 1. Rx6 Rxe6 (.. Qxe6 2. Rxh6)
Then threaten mate: 2. b6+ Kxb6
And then pin the rook on e6: 3. Rh6, winning the rook or the queen for his rook.
Rangantahan you were so close. You saw the key move once, but not the second time:
1. Rxe6 Rxe6 (1. – Qxe6 2. Rxh6 and white is up a rook)
2. b6+ Kxb6 (2. – Kb8 3. Rh8+ Qe8 4. Rxe8+ Rxe8 5. Qxe8#; 2 – Rxb6 3. Qxd7)
3. Rh6 and since the e6 rook is pinned Rxe3 is not legal, so black is forced to choose between simply losing the e6 rook or trading a queen for a rook via 3. – Rxh6 4. Qxe7
not 3Rb4 but 3 Rh6 pinning and winning the blook rook
1. Rbxe6, Rxe6
2. b6+, Kxb6
3. Rh6, Rxh6
4. Qxe7
1. Rb6xe6, Rxe6
2. b6+, Kxb6
3. Rh6, Rxh6
4. Qxe7
Re6 is the kill shot
Hi Susan Polgar,
Well,drawing the game is easy but if White piece has to win,it has to show some douse of creativity,as I am going to put in the following moves – lol…. Cool Cool – It may also be flaw,so you guys analysis then come to a conclusion.
Okay jokes apart.
1.R*Rh6 R*Qe3+
2.Kf2 Re2+
3.Kf1 Rh2
4.Re6 [ lol – Well rest of the moves I leave it to you all brainy minds – lets all see collectively the white piece win ]
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]
1. Rxe6 Rxe6 (Qxe6 Rxh6)
2. b6+ Kxb6 (Kb8 Rh8+)
3. Rh6 Rxh6
4. Qxe7 +-
1.Rbxe6 Rxe6 2.b6+ Kxb6 3.Rh6
Rxe6 is clearly enforced here, I wouldn’t bother to look at something else.
And, when followed by b6+ this should win at least a rook in all lines, regarding the deadly third move Rh6:
A)
1. Rxe6 Rxe6
2. b6+ Kxb6 (Kb8 Rh8+ mates in a couple more moves)
3. Rh6!
brilliantly pinning and winning the rook. It’s pinned against both king and queen at the same time. Or
B)
1. Rxe6 Qxe6
2. b6+ Kb8 (Kxb6 Rxh6 pins and wins queen)
3. Rxh6 (can’t be retaken) Qxe3+
3. Kxe3 Kc8
escapes the mate, but also here white is up with a rook.
1.Rxe6 Rxe6
2.b6+ Kxb6 (if 2…Kb8 or Ka8
3.Rh8+ Qe8
4.Rxe8+ Rxe8
5.Qxe8#)
3.Rh6!! (the point) pinning the black’s rook and winning it in the next move. Real beauty this is.
1. Rxe6, Rxe6
2. b6,Kxb6 otherwise Rh8 and mate would come
3. Rh6 and then it is black who is pinned all up
Rook to e4
instead of 3. Rb4+
3. Rh6!, pinning the remaining black rook to the king. Threatning RxR winning a piece!
If black plays 3… RxR,
then 4.QxQ
brm
1.Rbxe6 Rxe6 (Qxe6 Rxh6)
2.b6+ Kxb6 (Ka8, Kb8 Rh8+)
3.Rh6!!!
if ..Rxh6 Qxe7 +-
In my previous post, the line A was correct, but line B a bit strange. Up with a rook, yes, but more presicely it would be:
B
1. Rxe6 Qxe6
2. b6+ Qxb6
3. Rxh6 Qb5+
4. Qd3
or better looking
1. Rxe6 Qxe6
2. Rxh6 Qxe3+
3. Kxe3 axb5
1. Rxe6 Rxe6 2.b6 and then
– 2…Kxb6 3.Rh6 +-
– 2…Ka8(b8) 3.Rh8 +-
– 2…Rxb6 3.Qxe7 +-
1, Rb6xe6 Rxe6
2, b6! Kxb6
3, Rh6! and black will loose a Queen against a Rook!
Bes from Hungary
3.Rh6
3.Rh6
R#e6 R#e6 b6 (Thats the key)check and RA6 if King takes..(Nice pin) or if the kings slides back rA8#
Note: if r#e6 Qtakese6 the b6 check tactic still works.
Cute Problem.
1 Rxe6 Rxe6 (…Dxe6 2.b6 e 3. Rh6)
2.b6+ Kxb6
3.Rh6
if 1. Rxa6 Kb8
My first reaction was 1 Rxa6+ but it is a wrong move. No proper followup is possible.
I feel
1 Rxe6 Rxe6 (2.. Qxe6 3 Rxh6wins a piece)
2 b6+ now
(a)2…. Kb8
3Rh8+ leads to mate.
(b) 2…. Kxb6
3Rh6 pins the rook
3…. Rxh6
4QxQe7 wins the game.
This is a nice test of spotting the crosspin tactic. For me though, the puzzle has an aesthetic weakness in that I can’t imagine in a game situation what could conceivably have been black’s last move. If he could have taken the white queen with check he surely would have done so, and therefore you would think the last move was with the rook capturing a white piece on e6. However, in a position with a white piece on e6 and a black rook somewhere on row 6, white also has two rooks en prise for nothing, and black declined to take either one! And it is very unclear how that white rook found its way to b6.
1. Rbxe6 and if
1. … Qxe6
2. Rxh6
or if
1. … Rxe6
2. b6+ Kb8
3. Rh8+ Qe8
4. Rxe8+
The critical line is:
1. Rxe6 Rxe6
2. b6+ Kxb6
3. Rh6! Rxh6(!)
4. Qxe7
This might in similar situations have been a strong queen sack by black, but here we see:
– Rxh3 is now impossible because of the fork Qe6+
– blacks c-pawn is going to be weak
So black has not compensation for the queen loss, and may resign now.
Hi Susan Polgar,
In the afternoon hours [In Indian time ],I had internet connection problem,so thats the reason now I am posting the comment for this puzzle.
Well,brainy minds of this blog had given the fitting moves – very nice.
The logic is to invite/force the Black piece king to 6th file(Row)before the Black piece does any thing else. – Very nice.
By the by I feel sleepy,so bye bye
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]