White to move. How should White proceed?
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1. Rh5+ Kg4
2. f3+ Qxf3+
3. Qf3#
this took me a few seconds, as everything seems to be crying out for this move:
1. Rh5+ Nxh5
2. Qxh5#
if 1. … Kxg4, then
2. f3+ Qxf3+
3. Qxf3#
greets, jan
1.Rh5 Kxg4 2.f3 Dxf3 3.Dxf3
White wins quite easily: You just have to “see”, that the Queen covers the Rook after changing on f3.
1. Rh5+ 1. Nxh5
2. Qh5 mate
Or:
1. Rh5+ 1. Kxg4
2. f3+ 2. Qxf3
3. Qxf3+ mate
Seems pretty straitforward:
1- Rh5 + ; Kxg4
(on Nxh5, white responds with 2: -Qxh5 mate)
2- f3+ ; Qxf3 +
3- Qxf3 mate
The key being that the white queen, despite appearances to the contrary, can cover the f3 square.
Rh5. If knight takes rook, queen takes knight is mate. If king takes bishop, pawn to f3 leads to mate.
1.Rh5+ Kxg4 2.f3 mate!
Kamalakanta
Hello
1. Rh5+ , Kxg4 ( if Nxh5 2. Qxh5# )
2. f3+ , Qxf3+
3- Qxf3#
Greetings from Spain
Rh5+
Nxh5 Qxh5#
OR
Kxg4 f3#
1. Rh5+; Kxg4 (..Nxh5,2Qh5#)
2. f3+; Qxf3
3 Qxf3#
Rh5+
Now black night takes rook
OR Black King takes bishop
King takes bishop – best
now white pawn to f3++
Rh5+
Rh5+
Ah, the X-ray triumphs! This concept is not adequately explained in the books: many simply treat it as a synonym for “skewer,” and others omit it entirely.