White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
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Bishop takes the g7 pawn, threatening mate on h8, so black has to take the bishop and then pawn advances to f6, threatening a rook mate on g7… I think…
well…
1)Rxg7, BxR
2)Qg5
or
1)Rxg7, Kh8
2)Bg5, KxR
3)BxB, KxB
4.Qg5 1-0
1.Bxg7 Bxg7
2.f6 Ng6
3.fxg7 Kxg7
4.Qg5 with h5 coming
1 Bxg7 looks good to me.
1 … Bxg7 (forced, or Qh8 mates)
2 Qg5, winning the pinned bishop and threatening mate.
think..think..think….:)
My best shot– 1.Bxg7 Bxg7 2.Rxg7+ Kxg7 3.Qg5+ Kh7 4.f6 Ng6 5.Qh5+ Kg8 6.Qh6 Nxh4 7.Qg7#
Because of the “annoying” h-pawn, white must certainly play
1. Bg5
to get the exchanges he needs.
a) (refusing to exchange)
1. … bxa3
2. Bxf6 a2+
3. Ka1 g6
4. Qh8#
b) (refusing to exchange)
1. … Rd8 (Nd5 exd5)
2. Bxf6 Kf8
3. Qh8+ Ng8
4. Qxg7+ Ke8
5. Qxg8+ Kd7
6. Qxd8+ Qxd8
7. Bxd8 Kxd8 white is up with a rook.
c) (exchanging)
1. … Bxg5
2. hxg5 f6
3. g6 Nxg6
4. fxg6
and Qh8# follows
let´s see:
1. Rxg7+ Bxg7
2. Bxg7 Kxg7
3. f6+ Kxf6
4. Qg5# if
3. … Kg8, then
4. Qg5+ Ng6
5. Qh6 with mate on g7. if
2. … Ng6, then
3. fxg6 fxg6
4. Qh8+ Kf7
5. Rf1+ Ke6
6. Qxf8 to be continnued. If
3. … Kxg7, then
4. Qh7+ Kf6
5. Rf1+ Ke6
6. g7 looks rather dangerous for black as well. that´s all i can think of for now. greets, jan
1.Bxg7 Bxg7 2.Rxg7+ Kxg7 3.Qg5+ Kh8 4.f6 Bf5 5.Qh6+ Bh7 6.Qg7# – White WON
Rg7
The main candidates are 1.Rxg7+ or 1.Bxg7 but they quickly fail, after all Black has a piece for a pawn so he can sacrifice it in his defence and then counterattack on the queenside.
More finesse is required and this is obtained by 1.Bg5!! a very subtle move, White threatens 2.Bxf6 when with material equality, the strength of white attack quickly deciced, 1…Bxg5 2.hxg5 f6 3.g6 is mate
So Black only has 1….Nxf5! 2.exf5 Qd8 3.axb4 and White has a very superior possibly winning position
1.Bxg7 Bxg7 otherwise 2.Qh8#
if …Ng6 trying to protect h8 then
2.Bxf6 and the Queen will mate
on h8 anyway as the knight is pinned
2.Rxg7+ Kxg7
3.Qg5+ Ng6
4.f6+ Kg8/h8
5.Qh6 and Qg7# on the next move. If
4. …Kh7
5.Qh5+ Kg8
6.Qh6 and mate on the next move.
3.Qg5+ Kh7
4.f6 (threatening Qg7#) Rg8
5.Qh5# or
4.f6 Nf5
5.exf5 Qxc2+
6.Kxc2 Bxf5+
7.Qxf5+ Kh6/g8
8.Qg5+ and mate on g7. If
7. …Kh8
8.Qh5+ Kg8
9.Qg5+ Kh8/h7
10.Qg7#
Since Qxf5 was a check, let’s see
if black fares any better with an
alternate respose to:
3.Qg5+ Kh8
4.Qh6+ Kg8
5.f6 Nf5
6.exf5 Qxc2+
7.Kxc2 Bxf5+
8.Kd2 and black cannot prevent the
mate on g7.
Instead of 2.Rxg7+ white tries:
2.f6 Ng6 seems to hold
3.fxg7 Kxg7
4.Qg5 Qd8
and I don’t see a forced mate.
It looks like the knight on g6
is toast after h5, but white’s
bishop on b5 is potentially
vulnerable after axb3,axb3,Rb8
with a pin. So we can conclude that
2.f6 is not the right continuation.
you rock