White to move. What is the best continuation for white?
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Qxe6
Qxe6
Uh oh. Black has the 2nd rank pawn of instant death!
1Qxe6+ Kh8 2Qf6+ Kg8 3Be7
Hard to see any other starting move here than Qe6- even if you can’t see the mate that is coming:
1. Qe6 Kh8 (Qf7 2.Qc8+-)
2. Qf6!
I tried to make Bc3 work, but black can capture at c3 with the queen and hold, I think: [2.Bc3? Qc3 3.bc3 Bf5 4.Qf5 Rc3 5.Kh4 gf5 6.Ra2 Kg8 7.Kg5 d4 and I don’t want to do the full analysis, but I think black has enough counterplay with the passed pawns to keep his king safe enough]. Continuing:
2. …..Kg8
And, now for the hardest move to find, but this is a motif I have used, and had used against me, numerous times while playing blitz online, so I was looking for a way to do this almost from the start:
3. Be7!
Blocking the queen’s protection of g7. There is no way to cover g7 now. Black could sacrifice material at g2, e5, f5, or c3 to delay things, but even capturing at e7 won’t stop the mate since white will still eventually mate with Qg7 or Qe8 (if the black rook moves to c7).
Qxe6+
1. Qxe6+ Qf7
2. Qxc8+ Qe8 or Qf8
3. Qxe8 (or Qxf8)++
Or
1. Qxe6+ Kh8
2. Qf6+ Kg8
3. Be7 Qxe7 (else 4. Qg7++)
4. Qxe7 Rc7 (else 5. Qg7++)
5. Qe8++
Qe6+ followed by Bc3+
a2 threat smeat
The ivory lass should consume a tiny dark morsel with check and celebrate with a shot of vodka.
Wancey Yard
how about this:
1. Qxe6+ Kh8 (Qf7, 2. Qxc8+, Qe/f8, 3. Qxe/f8#)
2. Be7 Qxe7 (other:Qf6->g7#)
3. Qxc8 Qd/e/f8
4. Qxd/e/f8#
2. … Rf8
3. Bxf8
Qf6->g7# can be only delayed for one move by sacrificing the queen
2. … Qc6
3. Qf7 Rg8 (Qf6, 4. Bxf6# or else Qg7#)
4. Bf6+ Qxf6 (Rg7, 5. Qxg7#)
5. Qxf6+ Rg7
6. Qxg7#
looks quite deadly to me, does it? 🙂
greets, jan
1. QxE6+ K-H8 (if 1. … Q-F7, 2. QxC8+ and mate follows in 1 or 2)
2. B-C3+ QxC3
3. B2xC3 any move
4. Q-F6+ and mate follows
1. Qxe6+ Qf7
2. Qxc8+ and there is not much black can do.
After Qxe6+, Black might have more play with Kg8. But I am not sure how to achieve a forced play there.
Perhaps it really is the a2 pawn that is significant for whites winning chances here:-)
Joke aside, I would look for a check to start with, and queen and bishop look like a deadly pair in this line:
1. Qxf6+ Kh8 (Qf7? Qxc8 mating)
2. Bc3+ Qxc3+ (only move)
3. bxc3
and black must move rook to avoid Qxc8#, but where?
3. … Rf8 (Rxc3+ Kh2 leads to Qe8#)
4. Qe7 Rg8
5. Qf6+ game over.
@Yancey Ward
Yes haha. That is a cursed house. 🙂
Stef
Hi Susan Polgar,
White wins the game,the best initial move for white is “Qe6+” .
Simple Example one
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1.Qe6+ Kh8
2.Bc3++ Mate
Simple Example two
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1.Qe6+ Qf7
2.Q*Rc8+ Qf8
3.Q*Qf8++ Mate
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]
Withdrawal:
I certainly overlooked blacks deadly third move Bf5+.
White therefore has to play something else than Bc3+ in second move, black queen just takes this bishop with no risk.
Funny that my first post hasn’t been published yet:-)
Qxe6+ Kh8
Bd6 with Be5+ QxB QxQ+ and mate to follow on g7.
If Qxd6, Qxc8+ and Q has to cover on either d8 or f8 when it’s taken with check-mate.
If early on Q covers the check on f7, Qxc8+ and once Q covers again, it’s taken with check-mate.
Interesting.
The motif is the interception (or interference).
1. Qxe6+ Kh8 2. Qf6+ Kg8 3. Be7!
Now the checkmate Qg7 is inevitable.
After the material sacrifice is checkmate in six moves.
Stef
what about Qe6 check and then Bc5 distracting the queen or threathening mate with Bd4
Hi Susan Polgar,
Yeah,In the 1st example of my previous post – 2nd move of White “Bc3” is a bad move – I had done that in hast,I will check myself not to repeat the same mistake.
By the by – “Qe6+” initial move stands good for White.
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]