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  1. Anonymous Reply

    1.Ng5 leads to 1-0

  2. Anonymous Reply

    1.Ng5 leads to 1-0

  3. Ein Steppenwolf Reply

    1. Ng5, threatening
    2. Qxh7#

    1. … h5
    2. Qxh5 gxh5
    3. Bh7#

  4. Lucymarie Reply

    I’ve seen this motive too many times not to spot it right away.

    1. Ng5 h5 (1. .. h6 2. Qxh6) 2. Qxh5 gxh5 3. Bh7#

  5. Anonymous Reply

    1) Ng5 h5
    2) Qxh5! gxh5
    3) Bh7#

  6. taiwo ajayi Reply

    1. Ng5 h5 the only move as Qxh7 mate is being threatened
    2. Qxh5!!gxh5 forced
    3. Bh7#

  7. Anant Reply

    1. Ng5 h6
    2. QXh6 Re8
    3. Qg7#

  8. Oleg Mezjuev Reply

    1. Ng5 h5 (if 1. … h6 then 2. Qxh6 followed by 3. Qh7#) 2. Qxh5!! gxh5 3. Bh7#

    Lovely!

  9. James I. Hymas Reply

    It took a while, but I got there in the end!

    1. Ng5 h5 (only move to avoid mate with Qh7)
    2. Q:h5 gh (ditto)
    3. Bh7#

  10. Anonymous Reply

    Ng5 h5
    Qxh5 gxh
    Bh7#

  11. Anonymous Reply

    N-g5 wins. If black defends against the mate with h5, Qxh5 wins since gxh5 allows B-h7++.

  12. Myres Domilies Reply

    1. Ng5 h5
    2. Qh5 gh5
    3. Bh7 Mate

  13. Anonymous Reply

    Ng5 h5
    Qxh5

  14. Anand Gautam Reply

    1. Ng5! h5 (forced)
    (Re8 or h6 is mate in two for White)
    2. Qxh5!! gxh5 (again forced)
    3. Bh7+ checkmate

  15. Anonymous Reply

    1Ng5 h5
    2Qh5! fh
    3Bh7++

  16. dmast Reply

    1. Ng5 h5
    2. Qxh5 gxh5
    3. Bxh7#

  17. Satya Reply

    1. Ng5!! h5

    *** If 1… h6 2. Qxh6 Bxf6 3. Qh7 mate

    2. Qxh5 gxh5
    3. Bh7 mate

  18. Jan So Reply

    Knight forcing the black to advance the pawn then Knight doubles the Queen and Rook.. not sure though how it will end. Did not analyze beyond that..

  19. Jan So Reply

    Knight forcing to move pawn 2 squares. Knight again doubling on the queen and rook.

  20. Jan So Reply

    Oopps its N first, forcing pawn move. Then Attack with bishop. Depending on his next move we could attack with Knight or …

  21. mafergut Reply

    Am I missing something? Or is this as simple as
    1. Ng5! and mate is unstoppable

    At least nothing seems to work:
    1…Bxf6 2.Qxh7#
    1…Re8 2.Qxh7+ Kf8 3.Qxf7#
    1…h6 2.Qxh6 Re8 (2…Bxf6 3.Qh7#) 3.Qg7#

  22. Marcin Lejman Reply

    1. Ng5 h5 2. Qxh5! gxh5 3. Bh7++

  23. pht Reply

    My first and till now only idea here is:
    1. Ng5 h5 (enforced)
    2. Bxe7 Nxe7
    3. g4 Nf5 (what else?)
    4. Bxf5 exf5
    5. gxh5
    and black king position is clearly weakened, but so is white’s also I guess…..
    I doubt this can be the right solution.

  24. pht Reply

    1. Ng5! h5 (enforced)
    2. Bxe7 Nxe7 (alternative below)
    3. Nxe6! Nf5 (fxe6 Bxg6 looks ugly for black)
    4. Nxd8 Nxh4
    5. Nxb7
    is up with a piece

    2. … Qxe7
    3. g4!
    and black’s king position seems to fall apart.

  25. mafergut Reply

    Yeah, it looks like AGAIN I “forgot to mention” (meaning did not see) the most critical variant:

    1…h5 2.Qxh5 gxh5 3.Bxh7#

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