Daily Chess Improvement: Knockout Chess Tactic!

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  Aditya Iyer says:

  May 1, 2017 at 10:26 pm

  1 – Rxh7+ If 1 – Kxh7
  Then 2 – Rh1+ If 2 – Kg8
  Then 3 – Ng5+ – Kf8
  4 – Rh8#

  1 – Rxh7+ If 1 – Kxh7
  Then 2 – Rh1+ If 2 – Kg6
  Then 3 – Qh5#

  1 – Rxh7+ If 1 – Kxh7
  Then 2 – Rh1+ If 2 – Bh4
  Then 3 – Rxh4+ If 3 – Kg8
  Then 4 – Ng5+ – Kf8
  Rh8#

  1 – Rxh7+ If 1 – Kxh7
  Then 2 – Rh1+ If 2 – Bh4
  Then 3 – Rxh4+ If 3 – Kg6
  Then 4 – Nxf4+ – Kg6
  Bd4#

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  James Attewell says:

  May 1, 2017 at 10:46 pm

  1. Rxh7+ Kxh7 ( 1. … Kg8 2. Ng5+ Kf8 3. Rh8# or Qf7#)
  2. Rh1+ Bh4 ( 2. .. Kg6 3. Nxf4# or Qh5# )
  3. Rxh4+ Kg8 ( 3. … Kg6 4. Nxf4+ Kf6 5. Bd4# )
  4. Ng5+/Nd8+ Kf8 ( 4. Nc7/Nd4/Nf8 Kf8 5. Rh8# )
  5. Qf7# or Rh8#

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  K V hariharan says:

  May 1, 2017 at 10:46 pm

  1. Rxh7+. Kxh7. (If Kg8. 2. Ng5/f8+. Kf8. 3. Rh8#)
  2. Rh1+. Bh4. ( If Kg8. 3. Ng5/f8+. Kf8. 4. Rh8# or 2. Kg6. 3. Qh5#)
  3. Rxh4+. Kg6. (If Kg8. 4. Ng5/f8+. Kf8. 5. Rh8#)
  4. Qg5+. Kf7.
  5. Qxg7+. Kxe6. (If Ke8. 6. Qe7#)
  6. Rh6+. Kf5.
  7. Qf6#

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  Yancey Ward says:

  May 2, 2017 at 1:04 am

  I would have looked at Rxh7 in any case, but the fact that it is the only check and the only defense to getting mated at a2 makes the first move easy to find.