White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
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The mate threat that white is facing greatly limits the possibilities to either sacrificing the queen for the knight one way or another, or sacrificing the rook at g8 or h7. Of these, it has to be one of the latter moves, and it is pretty easy to spot the right one. First, the wrong one:
1. Rg8 Rg8 (Kg8 2.Qg6 Kh8 3.Qg7#)
And now what for white? The knight controls h6, f6 or e5 so the queen can check from none of these. So, Rh7 must be the only potential save:
1. Rh7 Kh7 (Kg8 2.Qg6#)
2. Qe7
Finally, a square that the white queen can check safely from, and white will mate with Qg7 on one of the next two moves.
Looks like throwing the rook away to get a tempo does the trick:
Rh7+ Kxh7
Qe7+ with mate to follow.
1.Rh7+
1…Kg8 2.Qxg6#
1…Kxh7 2.Qe7+ followed by a checkmate on g7
Rg7-h7
Rh7+ – Kxh7 ; Qe7+ …mate in Qg7 is coming.
If it weren’t for that pesky knight on g4
white could mate with Q-h6. So why can’t
we take the knight with fxg4 and then mate
on the next move? If we try this plan Black’s
counter-attack will mate us before we can
administer the coup de grace:
1.fxg4 Qe1+
2.Kh2 Qg3+
3.Kh1(g1) Ra1#
If the knight stays in place, then black
threatens mate in one by queen or rook to to the
first rank. Playing g3 only delays the mate
as now the rook and queen must coordinate with
one checking on the first rank and the other
mating on the second rank.
We can see that white must force black to respond
to checks:
1.Rh7+ Kg8
2.Qxg6#
1.Rh7+ Kxh7
2.Qe7+ Rf7
3.Qxf7+ Kh8(h6)
4.Qg7#
Not so difficult; use Rh7+ as a magnet so the wjite queen gets a shot at the black king.
1. Rh7+, Kxh7; (1.., Kg8; 2.Qxg6#)
2. Qe7+!, Rf7
3. Qxf7+, Kh6
4. Qg7 checkmate
Erik Fokke
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1.Rh7+ Kxh7
2.Qc7+ Kh6 (Kh8)
3.Qg7#
1.Rh7+ Kg8
2.Qg6#
Seems straightforward:
1. Rh7 Kh7
2. Qe7 and mate to follow
1. Rh7 Kxh7 (1. … Kg8 2. Qxg6#)
2. Qe7+ Rf7 (2. … Kg8/Kh8/Kh6 3. Qg7#)
3. Qxf7+ Kh6/Kh8
4. Qg7#
Rh7+
1.Rh7+ Kxh7 (if 1…Kg8 2.Qxg6#)
2.Qe7+ Rf7 (only move to delay the mate)
3.Qxf7+ Kh6 (same continuation with Kh8)
4.Qg7#
Rh7+!
1.Rh7+ Kxh7
2.Qe7+ Kh6
3.Qg7#
OR
1.Rh7+ Kxh7
2.Qe7+ Kh8
3.Qg7#
-High skill from MR KO (Malaysian)
1.Rh7+ Kxh7
2.Qe7+ Kh6
3.Qg7#
OR
1.Rh7+ Kxh7
2.Qe7+ Kh8
3.Qg7#
– High skill from MR KO
Hello
1. Rh7+, Kxh7 ( if Kg8 2. Qxg6# )
2. Qe7+, Rf7
3. Qxf7+,Kg8 or Kh8 or Kh6
4. Qg7#
Greetings from Spain
Rh2 check looks pretty simple.
Rh7+
Rh7 and Qe7
1. Rh7+ wins
1. Rh7+ (A) …Κg8 2.Qxg7# so therefore …KxR 2.Qd7+ (A) Rf7 3.QxR+ Kh8 4.Qg7# 3… (A)Kg8 4.Qg7#
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