White to move. How should White proceed?
2r5/5k2/p1q1br1p/1p1pQ1p1/1P1P2P1/P3R1K1/8/1B2R3 w – – 0 1
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White to move. How should White proceed?
2r5/5k2/p1q1br1p/1p1pQ1p1/1P1P2P1/P3R1K1/8/1B2R3 w – – 0 1
QxR KxQ
RxB+ QxR
RxQ KxR
B gives check ant captures the R
White wins a piece and the game after:
1. Qxf6+! Kxf6 2. Rxe6+ Qxe6 3. Rxe6+ Kxe6 4. Bf5+
And the Bishop will pick up the rook, leaving white a piece to the good.
1. Qxf6+ Kxf6 2. Rxe6+ Qxe6 3. Rxe6+ Kxe6 4. Bf5+ and 5. Bxc8.
1.Qxf6+! Kxf6 2.Rxe6+ Qxe6 3.Rxe6+ Kxe6 4.Af5+ white wins.
1. Q:f6+ K:f6 2. R:e6+ Q:e6 3. R:e6+ K:e6 4. Bf5+ and it’s over. Probably, Black should be content to just lose a piece and play 3….Kf7, but it’s still over.
1. Qxf6+ Kxf6
2. Rxe6+ Qxe6
3. Rxe6+ Kxe6
4. Bf5+ K ~
5. Bxc8
1. Qxf6+ Kxf6 2. Rxe6+
Bf5! Then Queen can go to e7.
White’s Bishop will be the last piece on the board after
1. Qxf6 Kxf6
2. Rxe6 Qxe6
3. Rxe6 Kxe6
4. Bf5 K any
5. Bxc8
White’s Bishop will be the last piece on the board after
1. Qxf6 Kxf6
2. Rxe6 Qxe6
3. Rxe6 Kxe6
4. Bf5 K any
5. Bxc8
1. Qxf6+ Kxf6
2. Rxe6+ Qxe6
3. Rx36+ Kxe6
4. Bf5+
Qf6 leads to a skewer
1.Qxf6+ Kxf6 2.Rxe6+ Qxe6 3.Rxe6+ Kxe6+ 4.Bf5+ winning, pretty easy in my opinion!
Just take the direct approach-
1. Qf6 Kf6
2. Re6 Qe6 (what else?)
3. Re6 Ke6
4. Bf5 nets white a piece in total and a won game.
Bf5? Nah, let Her Majesty attack!
QxR, then Rxe6 twice, then Bf5 taking the rook on f8. With an extra bishop.
1. Qxf6 Kxf6 2. Rxe6+ Qxe6 3. Rxe6+ Kxe6 4. Bf5+
1 Qxf6+ Kxf6 2 Rxe6+ Qxe6
3 Rxe6+ Kxe6 4 Bf5+ wins
Olimat
From Spain…
1)Qf6+,Kf6
2)Re6+,Kf7
3)Rc6,Rc6
4)Ba2 +-
1. Qxf6+! Kxf6
2. Rxe6+ (also giving queen check) Qxe6
3. Rxe6+ Kxe6
4. Lf5+ and blacks king cannot protect the rook on c8 and then white’s bishop can easily grab the pawn on a6 and b5
Qxf6+ wins a bishop:
Qxf6+ Kxf6
Rxe6+ Qxe6
Rxe6 Kxe6
Bf5+
If black does not play Qxe6 following Rxe6+ then white will play RxQ and still remain a bishop ahead
1. Qxf6 and at the end of exchanges … Bf5+ and Bxc8
Happy Memorial Day!
1. Qxf6+!! Kxf6 2.Rxe6! Qxe6
3.Rxe6! Kxe6 4. Bf5+ giving white a beneficia skewer wining the rook
Prettty easy problem!