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1.nf6 bxf6
2. gxf6 rg8
3. rdd3 and black cannot prevent
4.qxh7+! followed by 5. rh3+ and rxh3#
1. Nf6 Bxf6
2. gxf6, and 3. Qg7#
Zach, your solution is incorrect 🙂
I think 1.Bxe5+ dxe5 2.Nf6 (threatening Qxh7 mate) 2…Bxf6 3.gxf6 (threatens Qg7 mate) 3…Rg8 (forced) 4.Rd3 could be devastating!! Am i correct susan?? Who is Zach by the way??
I would go for…
1.Bxe5+ dxe5
2.Nf6 Bxf6
3.gxf6 Rg8
4.Rd8!
…which I think is mate by 5.Qg7
At first glance, 1. Nf6 looked good as I had planned a Rd8 at a certain point:
1. Nf6 Bf6 (forced)
2. gf6 Rg8 (only move)
3. Be5 de5??
4. Rd8 and there is now no defense to 5.Qg7# as the rook at g8 is pinned to the king. However, black doesn’t have to take at e5 but can, instead, take the pawn at e4. This still looks strong for white, but black looks to have some counterplay:
3. …..Qe4
4. Bd6 Bf5
5. Rc3 and I think white has the edge here, but I am unsure. 4. Re3 might be a bit stronger for white, but, again, I am unsure. I will return to this idea in my next comment, which actually solves the problem I faced in this line, but to take care of the other move that I analyzed first: I
If white could play Rh3, the game would be over. Rdd3, which threatens to sacrifice a rook at h3 looked promising until I did the analysis:
1. Rdd3 Qd7 (Rg8 see below)
2. Rh3 Qh3 (forced)
3. Rh3 Bh3
4. Qh3 ed4
and white has some initiative, still, but the material balance favors black. To finish in this line
1. Rdd3 Rg8?
2. Rh3 Bh3
3. Rh3 Rg7
4. Nf6 Bf6
5. gf6 wins for white.
In my previous comment, I tried to make 1. Nf6 work, but ran into the problem that I couldn’t clear the d-file for the rook in time. After puzzling over this for a few minutes, I realized that I was a bit hasty in playing Nf6 on the first move:
1. Be5! de5 (f6 see below)
2. Nf6! Bf6 (only move)
3. gf6 Rg8 (again, only move)
4. Rd8 and there is no defense to Qg7# on the next move.
1. Be5 f6
2. gf6 Bf6 (Rg8 see below)
3. Bf6 Kg8
4. Rg6 hg6
5. Qh8 Kf7
6. Qg7 Ke6
7. Nf4#
And, finally
1. Be5 f6
2. gf6 Rg8 (Bf8 3.f7 wins, too)
3. Rg6! Rg6 (Bf8 4.f7 again wins)
4. fe7 de5 (Kg8 5. Qf8#)
5. Qf8 Rg8
6. Qf6 Rg7
7. e8(R)#
i thought i had that right! I was pumped so i didn’t even do it anonymous! i just saw the correct answer on your page, did my idea not work though? I still can’t figure out how it would be refuted…
1. Nf6 Bxf6 2. gxf6 Rg8 3. R1d3 followed by Qxh7
I think this works and it is all forced. Bxe5+ to open up the d-file. dxe5. Nf6 threatening mate on h7. Bxf6 gxf6 threatening mate now on g7. Rg8 protecting g7 and now Rd8 and black is out of defensive options.
I think the solution is,
1.Bxe5+…dxe5
2.Nf6…Bxf6
3.gxf6…Rg8
4.Rd8 mates
Straightforward, it seems:
1- Cf6, Bxf6
2- gxf6 Tg8
3- Dxh7 1-0
1)Be5,de5 2)Cf6,Bf6,3)gf6,Tg8 4)Td8!!
mat on g7 on the next move
1)Be5,de5,2)Cf6,Bf6,3)gf6,Tg8 4)Td8!!
mat on g7 onthe next move
1. Nf6, Bxf6
2. gxf6
1-0
1. Nf6 Bxf6 2. gxf6 Rg8
3. Rdd3 Qxe4 (what else?)
4. Qxh7+ Kxh7 5. Rh3+ Bxh3
5. Rxh3+ Qh4 6. Rxh4#
1.Nf6 Bxf6
2.gxf6 Rg8
3.Rd3! Whatever Black moves
4.Qxh7+ Kxh7
5.Rh3+ Bxh3
6.Rxh3
White Wins
R1d3, and a rook on h3 is inevitable.
Nice!
1. Bxe5+!
a) … dxe5
Now every move threatens mate, and black has only one defense each time:
2. Nf6 Bxf6
3. exf6 Rg8
4. Rd8!
b) …f6
Somebody else can do this.
nf6 bxf6 gxf6 looks like black cant prevent getting mated with a possible queen sac
A first outline of solution:
1.Bxe5 ch dxe5
2.Nf6 Bxf6
3.gxf6 Rg8
4.Rd8 Be6
5.Qg7 mate
xexe
1.Be5 de5 2.Nf6 Bf6 3.ef6 Rg8 4.Rd8 followed by 5.Qg7 #
jco
This is a little tricky. I believe White needs to involve the other Rook, since h3 is covered, so the critical line seems to be 1.Bxe5+ dxe5 2.Nf6 Bxf6 3.gxf6 Rg8 4.Rd8!! and mate on g7.
Well, the obvious brute force approach would be something like
1. Bxe5+ dxe
2. Nf6 Bxf6
3. exf6 Rg8
4. Rd8 and
5. Qg7 mate
Of course, there’s always 1. Bxe5+ f6, which complicates things. Should still win for White, but less clear, unless I’m missing an obvious continuation.
1.- Bxe5+ dxe5, 2.- Nf6 Bxf6, 3.- gxf6 Rg8, 4.- Rd8 and 5.- Qg7++
1.- … f6, 2.- gxf6 Bf8, 3.- f7+ Bg7, 4.- Qxg7++
3.- … dxe5, 4.- fxe8=Q
2… Bxf6, 3.- Bxf6 Kg8, 4.- Rxg6+ hxg6, 5.- Qxg6 Kf8, 6.- Rg1 Be6, 7.- Qh6+ Kf7, 8.- Qg7++
4…Kf7, 5.- Qxh7+ Kf8, 6.- Rg8++
5.- … Ke6, 6.- Bd8++
Bxe5+ dxe5
Nf6 Threatens mate Bxf6
gxf6 threatens mate Rg8
Rd8 wins
1. Bxe5+ dxe5 (if 1 … f6, gxf6)
2. Nf6 Bxf6
3. gxf6 Rg8
4. Rd8 (any move)
5. Qg7#
I think Nf6 and Rh3 are part of the solution. But since black guards h3, then after 1. Nf6 Bxf6 (forced) 2. Rd3 will attack h3 twice and black won’t be able to guard g7 and h7.
I forgot exf6 in my earlier solution. So it looks like this:
1. Nf6 Bxf6 (forced) 2. exf6 Rg8 (forced) 3. Rd3…
1.Nf6! Bxf6 2.gxf6 Rg8 3.Rd3!!
A)3..g5 4.Rh3! and mate to follow
B)3..Qd7 4.Bxe5 and White will win this easily
To Anonymous at 2:36 pm:
Do you mean something like:
1.Nf6 Bxf6 2.gxf6 Rg8 3.Rd3?
Then Black has 3…Qxe4 with threats, and the situation is too complicated for me.
But, as I posted earlier (maybe post was lost):
1.Bxe5 and Black will probably have to reply with …f6, because of
1.Bxe5 check dxe5
2.Nf6 Bxf6
3.gxf6 Rg8
4.Rd8 which pins the g8-Rook, threatening
5.Qg7 mate.
1.BXe5+ dXe5
Nf6 threatening mate so BXf6
GXf6 Rg8 forced
Rd8
forced mate
so after 1.BXe5+ black has to do f6
but this is just hopeless.
To those adovocating Nf6 and Rdd3- Qd7 double covers h3.
1. Bxe5+ dxe5
2. Nf6 Bf6
3. gxf6 Rg8
4. Rd8 any
5. Qg7#
F4 ed4
f5! with the idea of rh3
1.F4 ed4
2.f5! with the idea of rh3
To Zachary, and others, the 3.Rd3 line is less clear than the 1.Be5 line, because of possible spoiling moves for black, such as 3…Qd7 or 3…Bg4 and 4…Bh5. Neither move may ultimately be satisfactory, but the immediate mate can be avoided.