White to move. What’s the best continuation? 
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White to move. What’s the best continuation?
1. Qe8+ KxQ 2. Bg5+ Ke8 3. Rd8++
1. Qe8+ KxQ 2. Bg5+ Kc7 3. Bd8++
1. Re1 Bf5
2. f3
I have seen the same theme on one of my chess book.
This one looks like a caro-kann opening and the position is very early in the game.
Susan, can you gives us some tips on “opening blunders”, like you are giving many for tactical?
P. Anandh
Re1! and pawn f3 wins a piece.
1.Re1,…. 2Pf3
This is a classical theme. I think Morphy was the first.
It’s mate in 3.
1. Qe8+ KxQ 2. Bg5+ (Ke8 3. Rd8#) Kc7 3. Bd8#
Bg5 leads to the bishop being taken or block by a pawn
Michael cm:
After 1.Qe8+ KxQ (forced), then 2.Bg5+ is double check (both Bishop and Rook check) and so the black King must move. The first poster had the correct solution.
This is an old “textbook” position.
That’s a famous position from Reti-Tartakower, Vienna 1910
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qd3 e5 6. dxe5 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qxe5 8. O-O-O Nxe4
(diagram)
9. Qd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5+ Kc7 11. Bd8#
Chuckling…
Was Tartakower drunk when he played this game?
If not, he must have felt soused after this game was over!