White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
1.Rh8+ Kxh8 2.Qxf8+ Rg8/Kh7 3.Rh2#
Also 2… Rg8 3.Qh6#
Can you play as badly as James Attewell? I got confused and thought it was Black to play in the diagrammed position and I started off with
1…. Rxf1+, later I recaptured 6…. NxRh7 and I finished with 12…. Qh1xQf1#
Can you fill in the moves that I was too lazy to write out?
Or if it simply isn’t possible for you to play as badly as me does 1…. Qc5+ win more quickly than 1…. Rxf1+?
1… Rxf1+?
2.Kxf1 Qf3+
3.Kg1 Qe3+? (3… Qxg3+ 4.Kf1 Qxf4+ and 5… Qxh6 is much better)
4.Kf1 Qxd2? (Now White can play 5.Rh8+ Kxh8 6.Qxf8+ Kh7 7.Qxa8 and it’s going to take longer for Black to win.)
5.Qh4 Rh7 6.Rxh7 Nxh7 7.g4 Qg2+ 8.Ke1 ab 9.Qf2 b1=Q+ 10.Ke2 Qd3+ 11.Kf1 Qh1+ 12.Qf1 Qxf1#