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1Qe5! Another ‘blitz game test’ as this is just a two-mover tactical trick. I looked and saw two weaknesses: (1) if the rook on f7 could be displaced, then the queen mates on g7; and if the bish on d5 could be displaced, then Rxd8 mates. I can’t see a way to displace the rook, but the bishop can be attacked again only by the queen, with Qe5.
The trick is that because the bish is pinned to the queen, 1…e6 is useless, as the queen just takes it with 2 Qxe6, and the bishop can’t recapture or else RxQ and RxR mate next move.
However, I can’t find a win if black doesn’t retake the queen, because now that the e-pawn has gone, black now can defend with the knight: 1 Qe5! e6 2 Qxe6! Ne7!
Now 3 c6, followed by c7, will force black to capture the passed pawn in exchange for giving up the pinned bishop (note that after the eventual …Qxc7 Rxd5, black can’t recapture with Nxd5 or white’s queen mates on the back rank).
So white gets the piece back and furthermore, white’s pieces are much more active and white dominates the black diagonals uncontested, and can threaten Rd7 to take the 7th rank and threaten to win the knight, so I give a huge advantage to white.
Yet I don’t see a forced win and can’t see how to finish black off, only a way to materially equalize while retaining a much stronger position where black is still horribly cramped. Maybe someone else can find a decisive win here, but I don’t see it to the end.
1. Qe5 e6
2. Qxe6 Bxe6
3. Rxd8+ Rf8
4. Rxf8#
1. Qe5 Qe8
2. Qxd5 e6
3. Qd8 Re7
4. Bg5 +-
Qe5 is decisive. Only defence e6 fail. Qxe6! Black loses a piece and the game. Susan can you post some bughouse problems sometime? Thanks.
Here is what I see:
1. Qe5 and if e6
2. Qxe6+ and if Bxe6
3. Rxd8+ Rf8
4. Rxf8 mate
I do not see a defence to this.
Of course this is from memory off the top of my head since I cannot see the position right now!
See, I forgot about the Rook on f7 but this line still works but move two is not check!
1. Qe5 e6
2. Qxe6 Ne7
3. c6
1. Qe5 e6 2. Qxe6
1. Qe5 e6
2. Qe6 Ne7 (…Be6 3.Rd8+ Rf8 4.Bf8#)
3. c6 and black is in zugswang
For eg 3. …Qc7 4. Rd5
or 3. …Nc6 4. Rd5
or 3. …Bc6 or Be6 4. Rd8+
1. Bf8
All the lines posted but one have Qe5 followed by e6 to protect the bishop. However since Black is up material Black can afford to lose the Bishop. Hence the suggestion already noted to play Qe8 instead.
Who has an effective continuation against 1…Qe8?
After 1.Qe5 Qe8 the position is not tenable, because black can’t free himself.
Both 2. Qxd5 (threat Qd8, and ..e6 remains impossible) as 2. Rxd5 leads to a win. Even the white c-pawn will march on.