White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
1r2r1k1/p1p2p2/5Rp1/4Qn1p/p5qP/1NBBp3/1KP5/8 w – – 0 1
1.Rxg6+
If 1…Qxg6, then 2.Qh8#
If 1…fxg6, then 2.Bc4+ Kf8
3.Qf6#
If 2…Re6, then 3.Qxe6+ Kf8
4.Qf7#
Rxg6
White can secure a perpetual, which, given the current material situation and White’s 2 attacked pieces, might be the most satisfactory solution.
1. Rxg6+ fxg6
2. Qh8+ Kf7
3. Qf6+ Kg8
The other way:
1. Re6 fxe6
2. Qh8+ Kf7
3. Qf6+ Kg8
Rg6+ wins
Hello chess friends!
Sure, you have to play the following:
1.Rxg6 +
If .. Qxg6, then 2.Qh8 #
If .. fxg6, then 2.Bc4 + Kf8
3.Qf6 #
If .. RE6, then 3.Qxe6 + Kf8
4.Qf7 #
Best regards,
Chesstiger
1. Rxg6+ can only lead to a draw
For example:
1.Rxg6+ fxg6
2.Qh8+ Kf7
3.Qf6+ with repetition of moves
Note that Bc4+ doesn’t do anything,
Black can play: Qxc4 (This means, white has to force a draw)
Or Black plays Kh7 (g7 and h8 are defended)
The other move i looked at was
Qxc7,
I didnt work it all out, but looked promesing.
Sample lines:
1. Qxc7 Ne7 2. Bc4
2. Qxc7 Rf8 2. Bxf5 gxf5 3. Rh6
I don’t see a win for white after Rxg6+. On the other hand Qxc7 seems to lead to a devastating attack.
i think Qxc7 might be a better way to continue the attack than rook moves, as i think Re6 leads only to a perpetual check. because after Qxc7, f7 gets weak and it can be further attacked by Bc4. black can only prevent this by sacrificing the knight on d6, but this knight held black´s whole position together. if black tries to hold f7 with the rook on f8 and the knight on h6, i would return the queen to e5 and the whole idea with the rook move might eventually work then. greets, jan
1.rxg6, pxr
and I don’t see a win
But
1.re6, pxr
2.bxn looks ok
some of us gave the line
1. Rxg6+ fxg6
2. Bc4+, but obviously Black can take that guy with Qxc4
Therefor I prefer
1. Re6 fxe6
2. Qh8+ Kf7
3. Qh7+ Kf8
4. Bxf5 which should win. The Queen must move and there is no check other than a3+ which does not help anyway.
anonymous 10:05, i think, in your line, black will recapture with the pawn, and the queen will then cover the g7-square. greets, jan
Like most, I started out thinking that the “obvious” 1. Rxg6+ might be the correct 1st move. But that only leads to a draw by perpetual after 1. Rg6+ fxg6 2. Qh8+ Kf7 3. Qf6+ Kg8 4. Qh8+ and so on.
Turns out that Rxg6+ is the “obvious” 2nd move in most variations after the “not-quite-so-obvious” 1. Qxc7.
After Black moves the knight to either d6 or h6 to protect against the queen check on f7, then White plays Rxg6+:
1. Qxc7 Nd6 [or Nh6]
2. Rxg6+
Now if 2… fxg6
3. Qg7#
And if 2… Qxg6
3. Bxg6
And if 2… Kf8, White doesn’t even bother taking the Black queen, but plays the killer 3.Qd6+, whether the Black knight is on d6 or h6.
And my personal favorite, the stepwise, zig-zag rook progression, with 2 double-checks:
1. Qc7 Nd6 [ or Nh6 ]
2. Rxg6+ Kh7
3. Rg7+ Kh8 [ Kh6 4. Rh7# ]
4. Rh7+ Kg8
5. Rh8#
That is really cool.
I found the 13 hour time difference between California and Khanty-Mansiysk to be just too much of a hurdle. I’m not going to punish myself again tonight by starting to follow the progress beginning at 2AM my-local-time.
Lucy
Hello,
I think Qxd7 is the movement, but I haven´t time to analize now. Dorry.