Endgame tactic Chess tactic, Puzzle Solving White to move. How should white proceed?Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
1. f4 gxf4 2.Kh4 +-
1. f4, threatening
2. fxg5#
1. … gxf4+
2. ♔h4, threatening
3. g5#
2. … ♝xg4
3. ♔xg4 and
4. ♔xf4/f3, up one bishop.
1. … ♝xg4
2. ♔xg4, threatening
3. fxg5#
2. … gxf4
3. ♔xf4 ♜c4
4. ♔e3 ♜xd4
5. ♔xd4 ♚xg7
6. ♔c5, then ♔b6, ♔xa6 etc.
1. f4 gxf4+ (otherwise 2. fxg5#) 2. Kh4 Bxg4 (forced, otherwise 3. g5#) 1-0
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1.f4! gxf4+ 2.Kh4! and mate with g5 is coming.
Kamalakanta
1. f4 gxf4 (forced)
2. Kh4 Bxg4
3. Rxg4
1-0
I would push my pawn to f4. My K will be safe on f4 for any checks, mate is threatened anyway. Black will have to give up material to avoid mate.
1. f4!
(threatening fxg5+ checkmate)
1. … gxf4
2. Kh4!
(threatening g5+ checkmate)
2. … Bxg4 (nothing better)
3. Rxg4 1-0
1. f4 threatening fxg #
and if 1…gxf+ 2.Kh4 sets a mating net with the follow-up 3.g5+ and I don’t see many options for black except to sac the bishop for a pawn.
May have missed something there I guess…
1. f4 threatening fxg5#
1. gxf4+
2. Kh4 threatening g5#
2. Bxg4
3. Kxf4 +-
f4, seems like natural move
1. f4