White to move. What is winning but which is the most accurate continuation for White? Can you solve it in 10 seconds or less?
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Rxd7! Qxd7 Qxg8+!
1. Rd7 Qd7 2. Rb8 h6 3. Rg8+ Kh7 4. Rh8+ Kg6 6. Qa6+
if Qe6 to block then Qd3+ picking up blacks c-pawn. Most everything else loses as well.
Qxg8+
rd7 for sure-13secs
1. Rxd7, c2
2. Qxg8+ Kxg8
3. Rb8+ Qf8
4. Rxf8 Kxf8
5. Rc7
1. Qg8 Kg8
2. Rd7 and the two threats, Rb8# and Re7, can’t be countered.
That is why I usually don’t try to solve somthing in 10 seconds- I invariably miss something in my haste.
After
1. Qg8 Kg8
2. Rd7, Black could play Qe8
Do you ever post the solution to these things?
To Yancey Ward,
Qxg8 Kxg8
Rxd7 Qe8 counters everything.