White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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Bd5, Ng6
My first reaction(which invariably turns out to be wrong) was 1.Ng6 but protection of e6 by both black R & Q makes it nonviable. As Anup remarked 1.Bd5 is coorect. First black has to save f7. It can not be ignored as 2.Qxf7+ followed by 3.Qh5#. Black has to block bishop path by 1… Re6 (because 1… Qe8 2.Ng6) and lose exchange.
On rethinking 1.Ng6 is the right move. 1… fxg6 (forced.) 2.Bd5+ Re6 3.Qxg6 does the trick. Either black should give up Q or there is mate.
Both moves win, and Bd5 may eventually turn out to be as strong (not really sure, I only followed it about 4 moves deep), but 1.Ng6 is clearly decisive at that same horizon.