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Rxf7
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#
white’s moves are Rf7, Rg6, Rg8, Qe8, Qf7 (or Qg6) and Qh7 ( or Qg6)
it took me about 10 minutes to find all of viks lines. prehaps a tad to long, since it is all forced. nice problem
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.
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#