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Ng6
1.Qh8+,Bg8
2.Ng6+,Kf7
3.Ne5+,Kf8= (3…Kf6 4.Qh4#)
correction: (3…Kf6 4.Qg4+,g5 5.Qxg5#)
Ng6+!
and white wins
Petrotal
If there is a white win, “White to move. Can White hold this position?” is a bit misleading.
Well, at least white has a draw with:
1. Qh8+ Bg8
2. Ng6+ Kf7
3. Ne5+ Kf8
4. Ng6+ =
If 3… Kf6??
4. Qh4+ g5
5. Qh6#
May be this is it… or I have missed something in between, still I can find no forced win! 🙂
Ng6 Bxg6, then what?
1.Qh8+ Bg8 2.Ne4! is the solution; with the addition of another attacker its just all over.
1Ng6 Bxg6
2xg6 1-0
2…Bd6(bd8 3Bd6+ 1-0
3Bxd6 Kg8(Re2 4Qh8#
4Qh7 Kf8
5Qh8#
↑mis sorry
1Ng6+ Bxg6
2xg6 1-0
2…Bd6(Bd8 3Bd6+ 1-0
3Bxd6+ Kg8(Re2 4Qh8#
4Qh7#
1.Ng6+? Bxg6 2.fxg6 Qxg4+ (among others) and Black wins easily.
draw?
1. Qh8 Bg8 2. Ne4 and black cannot defend the threats of Bh6 and Nf6
Ah! I guess both Knights do the trick!!!
1. Qh8+ Bg8
2. Ke4!! Ra7/Rd8/Qc7/Nd7/Nc4/whatever!
3. Bh6! Bf6 (3… gxf6 4. Qh6#)
4. Ng6+ Kf7
5. Ng5+ Bxg5
6. Qxg7#
Or 3… Bd8
4. Ng6+ Kf7
5. Qxg7#
Of course if:
2… Bf6
3. Ng6+ Kf7
4. Nd6#
I hope this is it!!!
ok, let’s definitively solve it.
1.Qh8+,Bg8
2.Ne4!
now there are a lot of possibilities for Black… all lead to a lose!
2…. ,dxe4
3.Qxg8#
2…. ,Qd8
3.Bh6 ,Bf6
4.Ng6+,Kf7
5.Ng5+,Bxg5
6.Qxg7#
2…. ,Bf6
3.Ng6+,Kf7
4.Nd6#
2…. ,Rd8
3.Ng6+,Kf7 ( 3….Ke8 4.Qxg8+ and white wins in a few moves)
4.Be5 ,Bf8
5.Nxf8,Rxf8 (others continuations are worst)
6.Qxg7+,Ke8
7.Kd6+ ,Kd8
8.Nb7+ ,Ke8 (8….,Qxb7 9.Qxf8+,Kd7 10.Qg7+,Kd8 11.Qxg8+,Kd7 12.Qf7+,Kd8 13.Qf8+,Kd7 14. f6 … and white will win)
best continuation should be
2…. ,Bc5
3.Ng6+,Kf7
4.Ng5+,Kf6
5.bxc5,…
[here the white is going to move Be5+, unuseful are 5….Re1+ 6.Kf2,Qe8 (or 6….N8d7) or 5….N8d7 , white will mates in a few moves]
5…. ,Qxf5 (LOL)
6.gxf5,N8d7
7.Qh4 ,Kxf5
8.Ba2 ,Re4
9.Nxe4, … white will win
1. Ng6+
I think this solution has been found already by Leprechaun
1. Qh8+ Bg8
2. Ne4 N8d7
3. Bh6 gxh6
( 3… Nxe5 4. Qxg7# )
( 3… Bf6 4. Ng6+ Kf7 5. Nd6# )
4. Qxh6#
An absolutely extreme puzzle!
As I don’t see a correct solution right now, let’s try :
1. Qh8+ Bg8
2. Ng6+ Kf7
3. Be5 Bf6 (only move)
4. Ne4
so there is a mating threat with Kd6 and Kg5 followed by Qxg7. Game over.
I think 3. Be5 is the key move to solve this, isn’t it ?
upps…small correction : so there is a mating threat with Nd6 and Ng5 followed by Qxg7. sorry about that.