Checkmating tactic

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  Anonymous says:

  November 21, 2007 at 4:42 pm

  Rxf7

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  Vik says:

  November 21, 2007 at 4:50 pm

  1. Rxf7+ Kxf7
  2. Qg6#

  1. Rxf7+ Rxf7
  2. Rg6+ Kf8
  3. Rg8+ Kxg8
  4. Qe8+ (Kg7 or Kh7)
  5. Qxf7+ (Kh6 or Kh8)
  6. Qg6# or Qg8#

  1. Rxf7 Rxf7
  2. Rg6+ Kh8
  3. Qe8+ (Rf8 or Kh7)
  4. Qxe8+ or Qg8#

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  Anonymous says:

  November 21, 2007 at 5:00 pm

  white’s moves are Rf7, Rg6, Rg8, Qe8, Qf7 (or Qg6) and Qh7 ( or Qg6)

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  Anonymous says:

  November 21, 2007 at 6:35 pm

  it took me about 10 minutes to find all of viks lines. prehaps a tad to long, since it is all forced. nice problem

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  henryk says:

  November 22, 2007 at 1:50 am

  This took me a while.
  I got stuck on 2…..kf8 and then after a minute staring at the screen i saw 3.Rg8 on Vik’s second line

  I was also toying with 1. Rg6+ for a while until, gave up, and started analyzing Rxf7.

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  henryk says:

  November 22, 2007 at 11:23 am

  BTW To complete vik’s line:

  1. Rxf7+ Kxf7
  2. Qg6#

  1. Rxf7+ Rxf7
  2. Rg6+ Kf8
  3. Rg8+ Kxg8
  4. Qe8+ (Kg7 or Kh7)
  5. Qxf7+ (Kh6 or Kh8)
  6. Qg6# or Qg8#

  1. Rxf7+ Rxf7
  2. Rg6+ Kh7
  3.Rh6+ KxR
  4. Qg6#

  1. Rxf7+ Rxf7
  2. Rg6+ Kh7
  3.Rh6+ Kg8
  $.Qg6+ Kf8
  5. QxR#

  1. Rxf7+ Rxf7
  2. Rg6+ Kh7
  3.Rh6+ Kg7
  4.Qg6+ Kf8
  5. Rh8+ Ke7
  6.Qe6#

  1. Rxf7 Rxf7
  2. Rg6+ Kh8
  3. Qe8+ (Rf8 or Kh7)
  4. Qxe8+ or Qg8#