White to move. How should White proceed?
r2r2k1/1p1n1pbp/2p1p1p1/1qP5/1P1P1R2/1Q4PP/1B3PB1/4R1K1 w – – 0 1
Caruana – Javier Vallejo Diaz, 2006
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1.Rxf7! is the winning blow. After 1…Kxf7 2.Qxe6+ Kf8 white has the nice 3.Bf1, gaining a tempo to achieve 4.Bc4 the next move. No reasonable way for black to defend against this.
Beelze
A very nice puzzle
white plays :1.Rxf7! wins
since if black goes for Kxf7
then 2.Bf1! and black should lose the queen or checkmated in 4 moves
Thanks GMSuzan for this one.
Medhat Moheb
It doesn’t work dude.
Bf1! and what about the black qeen!!
Haavik
1. … Qa4
Much better is Rxf7
I think that the right sequence of moves is the one of Anon-2
1.Rxf7, Kxf7
2.Bf1 and black should lose the Queen or checkmated in 4 moves
The first one doesn’t work perfectly because of
3. …, Qxb4;
4. Bc4, Qxe1+;
5. Qxe1, …;
Ciao
Luigi