White to move. Can White hold on to this game? What is the best continuation for White?
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White to move. Can White hold on to this game? What is the best continuation for White?
I like this one. Really cool.
Enough said.
Enjoy
1. g6+
[A] 1 … fxg6 2. Ng5#
[B] 1 … Kxg6 2. Nxe7+
[B1] 2 … Kf6 3. Ng8+ Kg6 4. Qf5#
[B2] 2 … Kh7 3. Qg8 Kh6 4. Nf5+
I do not have the board, so please check the answers if you have any doubt.
On variation [B2] I was thinking 2…Kh7 3 Qf5+ Kh6 (3..Kh8 4 Qh5+ Bh6 5 Qh6#) 4 Ng8# but yuly’s answer is right too. Lots of ways to mate.
Yes White can hold on to this game :)with some kgnights acrobaties (take time to found all variations whithout board , thanks Susan nice one)
1.g6+ Kxg6 (if f7xg6 Ng5++)
2.N5xe7+ and if Kf6 3. Ng8+ Kg6
4. Qf5++
if Kh7 Qg8+ 3.Kh6 Nf5+ 4.Kg6 Qxg7++
If Kh6 Ng8+ 3 Kg6 Qf5++
or 3 Kh7 N3g5+ 4.Kg6 Qf5++
or 3 Kh7 N3g5+ 4.Kh8 Nf6+
5 RxQc8 Nxf7++
or 5 Bf8 QxBf8++
[FEN “2Q5/4ppbk/3p4/3P1NPp/1p2P3/5N2/p4PPK/2r2q2 w – – 0 1”]
1.g6+ Kxg6
( 1…fxg6 2.Ng5# )
2.Nxe7+ Kh7
( 2…Kh6 3.Ng8+ Kg6
( 3…Kh7 4.Ng5+ Kg6
( 4…Kh8 5.Nf6+ Bf8 6.Qxf8# )
5.Qf5# )
4.Qf5# )
( 2…Kf6 3.Ng8+ Kg6 4.Qf5# )
3.Qg8+ Kh6 4.Nf5+ Kg6 5.Qxg7#
Gosh, this took me a while to find those two knights dancing moves all over the board.
Anyway, I figured (by my Capablanca’ instinct)that the first moved had to be 1.g6+
1.g6+ Kxp (1….pxp Ng6#. Cute)
2.Nxd7+ (This where I spent much time analyzing all possible options)
Black has three choices. if:
2…..Kf6
3.Ng8+ Kd6 (Or kg6)
4.Qf5#
2…..Kh7
3.Ng5+ Kh6
4.Ng8+ KxN (4….Kg6 5.Qf5#)
5.Qf5+ Kh4
6.g3# . Very cute mate 🙂
2…..Kh6
3.Ng8+ Kh7 (Again 3…Kg6 4.Qf5#)
4.Ng5+ Kg6
5.Qf5#
By the way, I think I have seen this position again. Maybe a Tal game?
Hello henryk (i’m anonymous of 7:14) i releved some inaccuracies in your calculations, please let me correct you and me also because i made some annotations errors in my first try 🙂
Black has three choices. if:
2…..Kf6
3.Ng8+ Kd6 (Or kg6)
4.Qf5#
if 2…..Kf6
3.Ng8+ the only square is Kg6 and Qf5#
2…..Kh7
3.Ng5+ Kh6
4.Ng8+ KxN (4….Kg6 5.Qf5#)
5.Qf5+ Kh4
6.g3# . Very cute mate 🙂
yes nice one but longer than
Kh7 3.Qg8+ Kh6 4.Nf5+ Kg6 5.Qxg7#
2…..Kh6
3.Ng8+ Kh7 (Again 3…Kg6 4.Qf5#)
4.Ng5+ Kg6
5.Qf5#
yes but you forget the best defense
4. Kh8 in your analyse
4. Kh8 5. Nf6+ RxQc8 6. Nxf7# the most esthetic with queen sac
or 5. Bf8 6.QxBf8#
thank you