White to move.
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White to move.
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1. Qxh6+ Kxh6 2. Rh3+ Kg5 3. Rh5+ Kf4 4. Rf2+ Kxe3 5. Bxc5#
About half a minute total- only hiccup was getting sidetracked for a few seconds on white’s last move- I looked at Rh3 first before remembering the bishop over there on a3.
im new to chess…my 6 year old son said: 1.)Qh4 2)…Qxa3 3)rh3 4)…Ba5 5)Qxh6 #. Does this also work? or is the only correct answer what you guys stated above? thanks! : )
Liz,
That won’t win for white, I think:
1. Qh4? Qa3
2. Rh3 Nf5!
And the h-pawn is guarded. Not sure the best reply for white after 2. …Nf5- he can’t take the knight because the g-pawn is pinned and 3.Nxf5 drops the queen to 3. …Rxg4 with check. Maybe….
3. Qf6 Rg4!
4. Ng4 Rg4
5. Kf2 Kg8!
And white can’t take the knight because of Rf4 with check, so…
6. Rf3 Nd6!
7, Qh6
Materially, at this point, white is well behind- a rook for knight, bishop, and pawn is bad for white. Also, I don’t see any really exploitable cracks in black’s position in this line- it just looks like a win for black to me.
Yancey-thanks so much for taking the time to respond! 🙂 Very kind of you. I will share with my son 🙂