White to move. How should white proceed?
Source: SPWO Puzzle Solving Championship
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Rb8+ & Bd6#
1. Rb8+ kxb8 2.Bd6#
Only 2 moves needed 🙂
1. Rb8+!! Kxb8 (forced)
2. Bd6+#
Rb6?
Rb6?
Rook takes knight on B7 mate
Rook takes knight on B7 mate
1.Rb8+ Kxb8 2.Bd6 ++
very easy problem
1.Rb8+ Kxb8
2.Bd6#
Txa7 … Tc7…
1. Rb8++ Kxb8 2. Bd6#
Rb8+.. Bd6+
1. ♖b8++ ♚xb8
2. ♗d6#
Move bishop to D6.
1. Rb8+.Kxb8 forced 2. Bd6#
Harry
Rb8
1. Rb8++ Kxb8
2. Bd6#
White’s best move is to sack his rook on b8.
The point here is that Rb8 is double check, therefore black isn’t allowed to take with his rook, he must take with his king.
Kxb8
This allows a bishop chess on d6.
And it is mate because the king is now surrounded by attacked fields on all sides, he has nowhere to go.