White to move. How should White proceed? Does White have a winning attack?
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White to move. How should White proceed? Does White have a winning attack?
Qxg7+ Kxg7
Rxh7+ Kg8
Rxg6+ Kf8
Rh8+ Ke7
Rg7++
The line posted by anonymous @ 1:05 is correct. Another coup de grâce is 5. Rxe6#, but it adds nothing sigificant to the solution already posted.
Good job.
jcheyne
Very good. I was looking at:
1 Qxg7+ Kxg7
2 Rxh7+ Kg8
3 Rxg6+ Kf8
4 Nxe6+? Ke8
5 Rg8+ Nf8
and now unfortunately
6 Rxf8+ Qxf8
7 Nxf8 Rxh7
8 Nxh7 a4 and the pawn promotes, so white loses.
I also looked at 6 Rxa7 but Bxe6 is good.
The clever thing about the solution is that Rh8+ prevents the knight coming to f8 to block. The hard thing about this move is that it lets the king escape off the back rank.
Interesting puzzle with lots of interesting ideas.
i will agree to the prev comment…
Nice. But there is a faster way.
1. Rxg6 hxg6
2. Qh8#
1. Rxg6 Rxg6
2. Qh7+ Kf8
3. Qf7#
1. Rxg6 Qf8
2. Qxh7#
Mulfish
Rxg6 mates in no less than 3 moves.
1. Rxg6 looks okay. But not enough
1. Rxg6 Nf8!!
And I still don’t know how to answer this. After a while 1. Qxg7 came to my mind.
P. Anandh
To anandh Rg6 Kf8?? Qh7 mate
And then to anonymous: … Qxh7??? Nxh7 unmate.
Anonymous said 11:41:00 AM
1 Rg6 Nf8 2. Qh7 N:h7
1. Qg7 wins though
Of course Qxg7 is convincing.
However, Rxg6 Nf8, Nxh7 does look like a, second best, winning attack too.