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1.Qg5 g6 2.Qg6 gxf5 3.Rg4+ fxg4 4.Bxh7+ Kh8 5.Bg6+ Kf8 6.Qh7+ Kf8 7.Qxf7#
Intuition immediately suggests Qg5, but it me took a good long while to figure out exactly why it works, as the whole combination weaves together a fair number of tactical patterns.
Here goes :
1- Qg5 (making use of black’s back rank weakness)
… ; g6
2- Qh6 ; gxf5
3- Rg4+ ; fxg4
The whole point of these maneuverings was to reposition the queen on h6 and to clear the diagonal for the bishop. Now the final sequence should already be familiar to all but the most novice of players.
4- Bxh7+ ; Kh8
5- Bg6+ ; Kg8
6- Qh7+ ; Kf8
7- Qxf7#
Qg6!!
1. Qg5 g6 (1. … Qxg5 2. Rxe8#) 2. Qh6 gxf5 3. Rg4+! fxg4 (3. … Kh8 4. Qg7#) 4. Bxh7+ Kh8 5. Bg6+ Kg8 6. Qh7+ Kf8 7. Qxf7#
This was a good one! I saw the first move pretty quickly, but for some reason, I thought black had the square safely covered. So I ended up spending almost 30 minutes trying to make 1.Ng7 and 1.Rg4 work for white. I was working on another failed line when I finally realized that black had to find another reply at move 1 if white plays
1. Qg5!
What I totally overlooked for a half hour is that the black queen is tied down to the 8th rank on move 1, so black must play g6 to prevent Qg7#. The rest was pretty easy to work out, even without the chessboard for once:
1. …..g6
2. Qh6! gf5 (only move)
3. Rg4 fg4 (shorter mates else)
4. Bh7!
Having played both sides of mates just like this one, I knew without having to think about it that one does not play 4.Qh7 here since the black king can escape to f8 and e7 in a lot instances. One needs to bring the bishop to bear on f7 first:
4. …..Kh8
5. Bg6 Kg8
6. Qh7 Kf8 (no escape now)
7. Qf7#
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1. Qg5 Overload! Threaten mate on g7, and attempt to deflect overloaded Black queen, who has to guard the Black rook on e8. And do not give Black any chance to play Rxe4 advantageously. 1. .. g6 2. Qh6 Mate still threatened on g7. 2. .. gxf5 3. Rg4+ Forces opening up the diagonal for the light-squared bishop to attack h7. 3. ..
fxg4 4. Bxh7+ Kh8 5. Bg6+ Discovered check, attacking f7. 5. .. Kg8 6. Qh7+ Kf8 7. Qxf7# A nice, fairly elementary mate in 7.
I didn’t get this one.
I saw 1. Qg5 but didn’t see the rook sac and therefore couldn’t make 2. Qh6 work.
I spent a lot of time on 2. Nd6, but couldn’t make that work either after 2 … Re7.
*sigh*