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1.Rxf7! Kxf7 2. Bc4! Qa4 3. Qxe6+ Kf8
4.Bc4! +- and Black will soon get mated
Is the answer different from the last time you posted this position?
well of course Rxf7 immediately catches the eye. Then I notice there’s a way to bring the light-square bishop into play. So something like:
Rxf7 Kxf7
Bf1 Qxf1+
Kxf1
If Qa4 instead of Qxf1 then
Qxe6+ Kf8
Bc4 with a mating attack
Rf7 followed by Bf1, Qe6 and Bc4
I like 1.Rxf7.
Beelze
B-f1 seems to win the Q
Crash the gate. (Use the rook as a battering ram.)
1. Rxf7
1. … Kxf7
2. Bf1 Qxf1 (2. … Qa4 3. Qxe6+ Kf8 4. Bc4 Ne5 5. Qg8+ Ke7 6. Qf7#)
3. Kxf1
1. … Nf8
2. Rxg7+ Kxg7
3. d5+ Kf7
4. dxe6+ Ke8 (4. … Ke7 5. Qf3)
5. e7 Rd1 (5. … Rd3 6. Qg8 Kd7 7. exf8(Q) Rxf8 8. Bh3+ Rf5 9. Qe8#)
6. exf8(Q)+ Kxf8
7. Qf3+ Kg8
8. Rxd1 Qxb4 (8. … Rf8 9. Qb3+)
9. Qf6
1.Rf7 kf7 2. Qe6+ I think there’s a mating net after the rook comes down to the 7th rank.
Rf7 Kf7
Bf1
1.Rf7 kf7 2.Qe6+ I thin there’s a mating net after the white rook comes down to the 7th rank.
1.Bf1 Qa4 justy exchanges queens and gives whites a-rook more range on the open file.
1.Rxf7 Kxf7 2.Bf1 Qa4 3.Qxe6+ Kf8 4.Bc4
This is not a win after black’s queen captures the bishop on f1 and the king recaptures. White has too many weaknesses, with no forcing moves to follow after black protects mate and the catpure of more material. White has a backard pawn and a bad bishop. Black will have a very strong knight on d5.
If this is a win for white, keep looking