White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
1.Df7 Rf7 2.Ce5 Rg8 3.Cf6 gf6 4Tg1 Rh8 5.Cf7
Queen sac
1. Qxf7+ Kxf7
2. Ne5+ Kg8
3. Nf6+ gxf6
4. Rg1+ Kh8
5. Nf7#
When you are desperate, there’s only one way to possibly win. The Kamikaze attack. Sacrifice everything. Fly every plane
you’ve got down the smokestacks of the American ships. Banzai! (Actually, you’ve cunningly placed your forces so that the desperation attack has every chance to succeed, you clever, devious one.)
1. Qxf7+ Kxf7
2. Ne5+ Kg8 (2. … Ke8 3. Ng7 mate)
3. Nf6+ gxf6 (3. … Kh8 4. Nf7 mate)
4. Rg1+ Kh8
5. Nf7 mate
Or as one of the old timers used to say: “check, check, check, check, checkmate”.