Daily Chess Improvement: Winning Tactic!

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  Yancey_Ward says:

  June 18, 2020 at 5:37 pm

  Pretty easy:

  1.Qh8+ Ke7
  2.Qf6+ Rxf6
  3.exf6+ and the double check forces the black king onto the d-file (this or mate in 1) for a skewer after 4.Rxd4+. Probably best for black is

  3………….Kd7
  4.Rxd4+ Kc8

  And white can get a decisive edge with 5.Rxd8, but likely will get better with 5.Bh3+ first, but I am not 100% sure of this without putting this on the board.

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    jmohd says:

    June 18, 2020 at 6:22 pm

    WRIGHT! BUT
    5. Bh3+ Kb8
    6. Rxd8+ Ka7

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    jmohd says:

    June 18, 2020 at 6:24 pm

    reply to5. Bh3+ Kb8 6. Rxd8+ Ka7

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    jibal says:

    June 22, 2020 at 11:52 am

    reply toWhat’s the point? Kb8 is obviously awful. Nd7 is also awful for black, but less awful and less obviously: Rxd7 and the queen can’t capture because of Re8#, but it can’t escape; e.g., Qh8 Red7+ Kb8 (Kd8 Rd3#) Re8+ Ka7 (Qxe8 leaves white up a bishop with an easily won endgame) Rxh8 Rxh8 etc.