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Well everything seems to win here… Qc8+, Qh8+, even Qg7+ – have I missed something ?
Qg7+ Qg7
Rc8+ Qf8
Rf8#
1.Qg7+ Qxg7 2.Rc8+ Qf8 3.Rxf8#
1.Qg7+ Qxg7
2.Rc8+ Qf8
3.Rxf8#
1. Qg7+, Qxg7
2. Rc8+, Rd8
3. Rxd8+, Qf8
4. Rxf8#
1. Qg7 Qxg7
2. Rc8
Does 1. Qg7+ Qxg7 2. Rc8+ Rd8 3. Rxd8+ Qf8 4. Rxf8# work? Os is there something I’ve missed?
With double check staring White in the face, she just can’t permit the Black queen to protect the Black rook interpose square, d8. Time for a coy decoy, one queen to another.
1. Qg7+ Qxg7 2. Rc8+ Rd8 3. Rxd8+ Qf8 4. Rxf8#
First I looked at
1. Qc8+?
but of course that is wrong, is met by 1. … Rd8.
But my search for an improvement almost immediately gives a result:
1. Qg7+ Qxg7
2. Rc8+ Rd8
3. Rxd8+ Qf8
4. Rxf8#
Cute.
1. Qg7+ diverts Q from d8
1…….Qxg7
2. Rc8+ and mates
Trap worth mention (for what it’s worth) is
1. Qxd3? Nxd3+
2. Nxc1
1.Qg7+ Qxg7
2.Rc8 + leading to checkmate.
1.Qg7+ Qxg7
2.Rc8 + leading to checkmate.
1.Qg7+ Qxg7 2.Rc8+ Rd8 3.Rxd8+ Qf8 4.Rxf8# Clever indeed with a farce queen sacrifice
1. Qg7+! Qxg7
2. Rc8+ Rd8
3. Rxd8+ Qf8
4. Rxf8#