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hi,
1 Qh6+ Kg8
2 d7 Qxd7 (if Rxh6 3 Re8++)
3 QxR
thanks for the blog.
1. …Qh3+
2. Kg1 Qg4+!
if
3. QxQ then Re1#…
if
3. Kf1 or Kh1 – White loses Queen
if
3. Bg2 then Qxg2#
1…. Qh3+
2.Kg1 Qg4+
3.Q*g4 Re1#
If 3.Kf1 or Kh1 White loses queen and gets mated.
I saw 1…Qh3+ 2.Kg1 but not the continuation. It’s nice tactic. I hope I have determination to spend longer time thinking about position next time.
Funny (done on purpose or not?) that there was a hint in the tournament report further down the same frontpage: “there was a check from h3… and then it is easy.”
‘Easy’ is of course relative – (just as in the Friday 13th tactics) it is easy once you see the winning move. In the given position, things may be more difficult because there are other tempting continuations; maybe that’s the actual reason why Khenkin missed out.
I spent quite some time looking at the equally thematic 2. – Re6, which doesn’t work after the simple 3.Rxd3 (3. – Qxd3 4.Qxd3 Te1+ 5.Qf1). If you get that far during the game, you may look for other backrank motives .. or abandon the entire idea.
BTW, 2. – Re6 appparently seems to work with a _white_ pawn on d3 … .