White to move and you are White. Imagine you are playing the last game of the World Championship. Win and you are the new World Champion. Can you do it? Can you find the brilliant checkmate combination? 
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More tactical precision
1. Rxg6+ fxg6
2. Qc7+ Kg8
3. Qd6+
and Black will soon lose the Rook and be mated.
Sorry! I meant Qd7+ followed by Qe6+. It’s too bad you can’t see the diagram while posting a comment!
At first I was looking at:
1. Rxf7+ but black escapes by a thread with:
1. Rxf7+ Rxf7!
2. Qxg6+ Kf8! and black is safe now.
Then:
1. Rxg6+ fxg6
2. Qd7+ Kh6 (if 2. … Kg8 3. Qe6+ Kg7 4. Qe7+ Kh6 5. Qxf8+ Kh7 6. Rf7#)
3. Rxf8 with a quick mate.
Please dont hang me if Im wrong, Ive been up all night lol, but here goes. 1. Rxg6+ if fxg6 Qd7+ Rf7 Rxf7+ if Kh6 Rh7++ or if Kh8 Qe8++. 2. Rxg6+ if Kh8 Rh5+ if Kh8 Rh5+ and Kg7 or Kg8 Qh7++ 3. Rxg6+ if Kh7 Rc6+ f5 Qd7+ Rf7 Qxf7+ Kh8 Rh6++ and if after Qd7+ Kh8 Rh6+ Kg8 Qh7++
TFK
In my 2nd line I wrote Kh8 Rh5+ twice, its wrong both times lol, *Kh8 Rh6+ then Kg7 or Kg8 Qh7++
TFK
and what about
1. Rxg6+ Kh7!
of course – white will win by e.g. ra6+ – but where is the mate?
and in how many moves? why should i take that rook with my f-pawn – let’s be tricky …
my black move after Rxg6 will be Kh7! what now – dear friends? (remember – the task is MATE not a simple “brute forced” win …^^)
greetings, Vohaul
Stelling – in your Rxf7+ line, what about?:
1. Rxf7+ Rxf7
2. Qxg6+ Kf8
3. Qh6+ Kg8
4. Rg6+ Rg7
5. Qxg7#
Stelling,
Sorry, I was thinking
2.Kh8, not f8.
After 1. Rxg6+ Kh8 the key to the mate is 2. Qf5, threatening Qxh5++. Black can delay mate with 2…fxg6 or 2…e4, but in any case, it’s mate in a few moves:
2 … fg6
3 Qd7+ Kg8
4 Qe6+ Kg7
5 Qxf8 etc
2 e4 Qf6
and Black can either play 3…fxg6 or Qxa2+ to buy time. But the same mating net comes about.
@thomas – i’m sure you meant
1.rxg6+ kh7
and indeed – the key move is then
2. Qf5!!
anyway – anonym solutions are still(er) the most authentic … ^^
with a twinker – Vohaul (the “kraut hun amateur”)
1. Rxg6+ Kh7
2. Rg5 +
It´s the easy way
If 2….Rh6
3. Rf6 ++
If 2….Rh8
3. Txh5+ Rg8(7)
4. Dh7 ++
not THAT easy – @anonym – and no mate at all … :-)) – what about
1.Rxg6+ Kh7
2.Rg5+ e4!
tztztztztztztztz… more precision please … and don’t think chess is easy … ^^
greetz, Vohaul
In this case most combinations cannot involve a sequential checkmate, that is one that you can force by a series of checks (correct me if I am wrong). Here is my take (I’ll try to break it down into cases.)
like everyone said:
1. Rxg6+ …
if 1. … Kh7 then 2. Rg5+ …
if 2. … Kh6 then 3. Rf6 ++
if 2. … Kh8 then 3. Rh6 … followed by 4. Qh7 ++ in any case
if 1. … Kh8 then 2. Rh6 Kg7 3. Qh7++
so it should be obvious leaving the rook is a bad thing, so taking it with the pawn is the only conclusion. Because its not completely forced, black can do stupid things to delay the checkmate, like taking pawns with the queen, but there is no real defense, since blacks pawn on e5 stops blacks bishop/Queen from moving there to defend the important square h8.
sorry about the double post.
someone brought the following up:
1.Rxg6+ Kh7
2.Rg5+ e4!
then
3.Qd7+ …
afterwhich 4. Qg7++
dear anonymous one – to be honest – after –
2. … e4!
there is NO check on d7 by any queen …
it is starting to get funny … ^^
i’d simply take that rook to draw the game…
PS: by the way – solving composed chess puzzles is very useful t0 improve the overall chess skill .. :))
(no, no – chess is not that easy … and one more of u’r “winning” moves – i’m sure – i’d win this – WITH BLACK!!!)
smile – and greetz, your Vohaul
How about:
1. rxg6 k-h7
2. q-f5 e5
3. q-f6 with mate to follow shortly.
Sorry, that should read:
1.rxg6 k-h7
2.q-f5 E-5 (correction)
3.q-f6 seems to work in all variations.
I mean 2…E4 for my corrected correction!!! I gotta get some sleep.