Overnight chess tactic

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  Anonymous says:

  July 15, 2010 at 6:22 am

  nxd7
  h

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  Anonymous says:

  July 15, 2010 at 8:55 am

  1. Nxd7 Qxd7
  2. Nxf6
  (1-0)

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  Timothée says:

  July 15, 2010 at 1:35 pm

  1.Nxd7! Bxc3 2.Nxf8 Rxa2 3.Qxc3 threatening mate and 4.Rxa2 +-

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  Timothée says:

  July 15, 2010 at 1:44 pm

  excuse me 1.Nxd7 Bxc3 2.Nxf8 Rxa2 3.Qxa2 Kxf8 +-

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  Maurits says:

  July 15, 2010 at 2:51 pm

  White has the Rook exchange on the a-file, and so does Black.
  White has Nxd7, with an attack on the Rf8, and a double attack on f6.

  It’s all about getting the order right, though…

  1. Rxa8 Rxa8
  2. Nxd7 Bxc3!
  and White doesn’t get anywhere.

  But it looks to me that White wins at least the exchange with

  1. Nxd7!

  1. … Qxd7
  2. Rxa8 overloads the Rf8 (e.g., 2. … Rxa8 3. Nxf6+ and White is up a piece; 2. … Bxc3 3. Rxf8 Kxf8 4. Qxc3 and White is up a rook)

  1. … Rxa2
  2. Nxf6+ Rxf6
  3. Qxa2 Rf8 (say) and White is up a piece

  1. … Bxc3! and it looks like the best White has is Nxf8 winning the exchange.

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  kannan says:

  July 15, 2010 at 6:59 pm

  White wins by playing Nxg6.

  If …hxg6 then white plays Bxf6.If black defends his bishop then rook is gone either in f8 or a8.
  There is a mating threat at Qg7.

  S.Krishnamurthy