Daily Chess Improvement: Closing Out Chess Tactic!

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  mesilah says:

  October 2, 2015 at 10:08 pm

  1. Bxh7+ Kxh7
  (If 1. . . Kf7 g6-g7 mate)
  2. Qh5+ Kg8
  3. g6-g7 and Black cannot prevent
  4. Qh7 mate

  If 1. . . Kh8
  2. Qh5 g7-g6
  3. Bxg6+ Kg8
  4. Qh7 mate
  If Black plays 2. . Qf7 it does not change anything
  3. Bg6+ Kg8
  4. Qh7 mate

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    Ed says:

    October 4, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    Why not Qh5? It’s mate in 3

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  Cecil M. Cuevas says:

  October 2, 2015 at 11:07 pm

  1. Bh7+ Kh8 2. Bg6!, 1. Bh7+ Kh7 2. Qh5 Kg8 3. g6

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  mesilah says:

  October 3, 2015 at 2:25 am

  One correction:
  1.Bxh7+
  If 1. . . Kh8
  2.g6-g7 and Black cannot prevent mate
  3. Qh5
  4. Bg8+
  There are other possible moves (N (d)-e5) which can delay the mate, but not stop it.

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  bj says:

  October 3, 2015 at 4:10 am

  better
  1 bh7+ kh8
  2 Bg6 and mates or win heaps

  if 2 g6 then black has a move
  ie Rf7 and black lives

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  Noah Yuen says:

  October 12, 2015 at 8:42 am

  Most of the combinations are mate but the first move has to be 1.Bxh7+!.Then,if black tries 1…Kf7,then 2.g6 is mate.If black tries to capture the bishop,(with 1…Kxh7)then 2.Qh5+ Kg8 3.g6!+- and black can’t stop mate which is
  4.Qh7 mate.If black tries the defence 1…Kh8,then 2.Bg6!(also 2.g6! will win because if 2…Rf7 then 3.Qh5 and black cannot prevent 4.Bg8+! followed by Qh7 mate.)and black cannot stop 3.Qh5 followed by 4.Qh7 mate.