Overnighter Chess tactic, Puzzle Solving White to move. How should White proceed?k2n1q2/p1pB2p1/P4b2/1Qp1p3/6p1/2P1BbN1/P6r/2KR4 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Black is up by 3 pawns! Hopeless!
White is mating in 4…
1) Bc6+ Bxc6 (if 1)…Nxc6 2) Qb7#)
2) Rxd8+ Qxd8 3) Qxc6+ Kb8 4) Qb7#
1. Bc6+
if 1 …Nxc6 then 2.Qb7#
if 1 …Bxc6 then:
2. Rxd8+ , Qxd8 or Bxd8
3. Qxc6+ , Kb8
4. Qb7#
Bc6+ Bxc6
Rxd8+ Qxd8
Qxc6+ Kb8
Qb7+#
Bb6 check, takes with Knight, mates with Queen in b7.
1 Bc6+
Too easy!
Bc6