White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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1. Rd8+ Rxd8
2. Qxc3
R*d8 R*R Q*c3 combination easily and inevitably wins the queen of black in exchange of a rook.
1. Rd8+!, Rxd8 (forced) 2. Qxc3. White gets a queen for a rook and wins the game comfortably.
Seriously, this one is too easy.
Is winning the Black Queen good enough? Rd8+.
White gets the Queen for a Rook:
1. Rd8+ Rxd8 (forced)
2. Qxc6
Isn’t this too easy?
1. Rd8+! Rxd8 (forced)
2. Qxc3 1-0
1. Rd8 RxR (forced)
2. QxQ
well i think Rd8+ wins the queen.
greets, jan
1. Rd8+ RXd8
2. QXc3
Winning the black Queen.
1. Rd1-d8+ wins the Black Queen.
–br
Very easy indeed, but in a practic al game one might instantly be attracted to the move Qh4, creating threats in h-file.
That also looks winning?
I agree with pht — why take the queen when another line can win in short order, though white must take care to neutralize the mate-in-one threat Qxc2#?
1. Rd2 Rc5/c7? {Desperation already.}
2. hxg6 hxg6
3. Qh4 Bh3? {Delaying the inevitable.}
4. Rxh3 Rxb3+ {Another delaying tactic.}
5. axb3 Qa1+ {Another delaying tactic.}
6. Kxa1 Ra5+
7. Kb2 Ra2+ {Another delaying tactic.}
8. Kxa2 Kf8 {Black king cannot escape at this point.}
9. Qh8# (9. Rd8#)
The moves for white above were entirely mine, while Fritz 13 in friend mode played black.
Black holds out a bit longer by playing 2… fxg6 rather than hxg6:
1. Rd2 Rc5?
2. hxg6 fxg6
3. Rxh7! Bxb3
4. Rg7+ Kf8
5. axb3 Qxb3
6. cxb3 Rxb3+
7. Ka1 Ra5+
8. Ra2 Rb5?
9. Rxb5 Rb2
10. Kxb2 Ke8
11. Rxa7 g5
12. Rg8#
Running a full analysis on the first line above, Fritz worked out the latter line and found no blunders in the first line.
If 3… Kxh7 in the latter line:
3… Kxh7
4. Qh4+ Kg8
5. Rh2 Qe1+
6. Qxe1 Bxb3
7. axb3 Kf8
8. Bxg6 Kg8
9. Qh4 Rxc2
10. Qh8#
In the latter variation, white’s moves are entirely mine, while black is played by Fritz.
If it takes hours of pondering, with Fritz alongside running in full analysis mode, to work out some fancy line, why not go for the simpler, surefire tactic instead? Practical chess demands that you be, well… practical.
That’s my view, at least.