White to move and win!
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Daily Chess Improvement: Brilliant Radjabov Chess Tactic!
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White to move and win!
Source: ChessToday.net
1. Rxh5 Rg8 ( … Bxh5 2. Bxh5#)
2. Rxh7+ Ng7 ( … Kf8 2. Qxe7#)
3. Rxg7+ Rxg7
4. Qxg7+ Ke8
5. Qg8+ Kd7
6. Bxg4+ wins the queen, and white is now up Queen and Bishop against Rook.
if 1. Rxh5 Qf5 is the strongest defense for black
1. Qxh5+ Bxh5
2. Bxh5+ Kg8
3. Rg1+ Ng7
4. Rxg7+ Kh8
5. Rxe7+ Rf6
6. Bxf6+ Kg8
7. Rg7+ Kf8
8. Rxh7 Qg4
9. Bxg4 Kg8
10. Rh6 Re8
11. Be6+ Rxe6
12. dxe6 d5
13. Rh8#
1. Qxh5+!
1……Kg8. 2. Qxh7#
1……Bxh5. 2. Bxh5+. Kg8. 3. Rg1+. Qg4 (delaying mate) 4. Rxg4+. Ng7. 5. Rxg7+. Kh8. 6. Rxe7+. Kg8. 7. Rg7+. Kh8. 8. Rg5+. Rf6. 9. Bxf6#
A common motif, the discovered checks when the rook gobbles up material when moving off of g7- I have even had it myself a few times over the years- very pleasurable. However, the initiation of the line in this particular case is simply spectacular.