Monday practical chess tactic

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  Anonymous says:

  March 17, 2008 at 11:09 pm

  Rf3+ with the idea of Bd3+ looks quite strong 🙂

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  Anonymous says:

  March 17, 2008 at 11:30 pm

  Rf3+ with the idea of Bd3+ looks quite strong 🙂

  1.Rf3+ Kxg6?
  2.Bd3+

  … and White is all over the place. Even if Black declines the knight on g6 with:

  1…Ke8

  … White has Rf8+ in his hip pocket any time he wants it, not to mention a monster Q-side pawn storm. The win isn’t 100% clear to me, but Black’s got an ugly defensive job ahead.

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  Amir Ahmad says:

  March 18, 2008 at 2:04 am

  I saw:

  1. Rf3+ KXg6??
  2. Bd3+ Kh5
  3. Ke2 …
  4. Rh1+#

  However, after

  1. Rf3+ Ke8
  2. Rf8+ Kd7
  3. Rf7+ …

  I’m stuck. The position calls for 1. Rf3+, but I fail to see a winning plan for White after the rook is on the 7th row. White’s queen-side pawn structure is still weak.

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  Anonymous says:

  March 18, 2008 at 3:39 am

  How about 1. Rf3 + as it is forcing Black’s King to only 3 choices and all are weak or simply losing.

  Black’s 1. … K x N is mate in 6.

  The King to the two 8th rank squares are both weak positionally and lose tempo, but at least are fighting games forcing White to prove the skill to win.

  Lasker’s quote… “The hardest game to win is a won game.” comes to mind.

  Peter / chesstoplay