White to move. How should White proceed?
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1. e5 hxg4
2. Bh7+ Kxh7
3. Rxc3 win the Queen
I don’t see anything better, Alena, but you might want to at least look at the line where black plays Bf3 on the first move. It isn’t optimal for black, I think, but it is going to be a move a lot of readers will wonder about, and they will wonder how white deals with it.
Also, what about 1. …f5, for example?
Ba6 wins exchange
1. Ba6 Qxc2 and nothing is won (2. Bxc8 Qxd1+ and mate)
if
1. e5 Bxf3
2. Nf6+ Kh8
3. gxf3 Qxd3
4.cxd3 win the queen
Happy Hanukkah!
if
1. e5 f5
2. exf6 Bxf3
3. Nh6+ Kh8
4. Qg7#
or
1. e5 f5
2. exf6 Rxf6
3. Bxh7+ Kxh7
4. Rxc3 win the queen
1e5 bxr 2Nf6 kh8 3 Qf3 g6 4Nh5 f5 5 pxp ep