White to move. How should White proceed?
5k2/1b2q1p1/3Np1Qp/2p1B2P/1p6/1P1P2PK/5r2/r7 w – – 0 1
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White to move. How should White proceed?
5k2/1b2q1p1/3Np1Qp/2p1B2P/1p6/1P1P2PK/5r2/r7 w – – 0 1
Bxg7+ 1-0
That’s it! 🙂
Bxg7 seems to win in all lines.
Bg7+ …
Yes, I can.
Leprechaun is correct. Qg7 loses to Qe8 mate, and Kg8 loses to Bf6.
1. Bxg7+ Kg8 2. Bf6+ Kf8 3. Qxh6+ Qg7 / Kg8 4. Qxg7# / Qh8#
It is a direct hit.
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Hello
1. Bxg7+
If
1. …. , Qxg7
2. Qe8++
And if
1. …. , Kg8
2. Bf6+ , Kf8
3. Qxh6+, Kg8 ( Qg7, 4. Qxg7++ )
4. Qh8++
Yes, I did. (1.Bxg7+)
Good job Leprechuan! I saw it too. — LegalEagle.
1 second
1. Bxg7+ Qxg7
2. Qe8#
-rj
i need about twenty seconds to find out where the black king is…
Finding (and posting) 1. Bxg7 is far from being enough here to solve the exercise. To “see” this move took me about 2 seconds (and from then I “felt” it had to be right) but to find the mate starting with 3. Qxh6+ took me longer (perhaps the 20 seconds, perhaps a bit more).
Jochen, you really seem to like being the wise ass. Everybody knows that 1.Bxg7+ is the only move for white.
Whether it wins after the smoke has finally settled is another matter but given that there is no other option available for white it is pretty obvious, right?