Game saving tactic

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  Anonymous says:

  November 4, 2008 at 3:40 am

  well, there is really not much choice for black.

  1… rxh2+

  white cannot take the rook. 2. kxh2, Qh5+ 3. Kh2, Qh3#

  so white has to play
  2. kf1.

  Black has no choice but to go for the perpetual:
  2… rh1+
  3. K-any, Rh2+
  The white king cannot go through the d-file because of the rook, so it’s stuck.

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  Anonymous says:

  November 4, 2008 at 5:18 am

  1.Rxh2 Kf1 (1…Kxh2 2.Qh5+ Kg2 3.Qh3#)
  2.Rh1+ Kg2 0r Ke2
  3.Rh2+ perpetual

  Pradeep Nag

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  Anonymous says:

  November 4, 2008 at 5:34 am

  pradeep the notorious computer cheat.

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  Anonymous says:

  November 4, 2008 at 7:14 am

  ‘pradeep the notorious computer cheat.’

  Why?

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  S P Suresh says:

  November 4, 2008 at 8:38 am

  It doesn’t seem so simple as Pradeep suggests.
  1… Rxh2
  2. Kf1 Rh1+
  3. Ke2 Rh2+
  4. Ke1 (4. Qf2 fails to … Qe4+ 5. Kf1 Rh1+ 6. Qg1 Rg1#)
  4. … Qc3+ (not 4…Rh1+ 5. Bf1) and this might hold. At some point Black must do Rf8, and on Qf8, go Bb8 while still having enough targets. Will post later after more analysis.

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  Anonymous says:

  November 4, 2008 at 9:45 am

  4. Ke1 is suicidal for white

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  S P Suresh says:

  November 4, 2008 at 11:21 am

  indeed after 4. Ke1 white loses, the move for black being Qc3+.

  Now 5. Kf1 fails to Qxc4+ followed by mate.

  If 5. Qd2, then Rhd2 and white has to give up the other queen as well (and more) to fend off the threat of Rd1++#.

  If 5. Rd2, then again Rhd2 and white again has to go at least a rook behind if it has to meet the threat of Rd1 mate.

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  Craig says:

  November 4, 2008 at 11:31 pm

  What about …R:h2+, Kf1 Rh1+, Ke2 Rh2+, Qf2?