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1. … , Re1+ 2. Rxe1 (forced), Qxd7 and hasta la vista for white.
Check with the rook forces white to capture the rook with his rook, removing the defender of the queen, then play queen takes queen.
… Re1 of course
Rxe1 (otherwise it’s mate) and the queen is lost.
This one was very easy 🙂
1…Re1+
… Re1+
RxR QxQ
Re1+! Rxe1 (forced)
Qxd7
Re8+ wins the white queen for a rook
Re1+ wins a queen for a rook.
C8->C1 Check! P.S. Your queen is mine!
1….Re1+ 2.RXRe1–QXQd7, and it is over; black pieces have a devastating advantage!!
1…Re1+
2.Rxe1 Qxd7 -+
0-1
White should mobilize his pawn majority by f7-f5.
1. … Re1+
2. Rxe1 Qxd7 0-1
Mark
At last an easy one Re1+
1.Re1+ winning the queen
Gord.B
1. Re1 Rxe1
2.QxQ
Re1 was pretty easy to spot, but how would the rest of the game play out? Here’s my take on that, featuring some risky king action at 15. Kh2-g1, which I got away with eventually, though white didn’t fall for the trap I was trying to lay. My opponent was Fritz 13 in infinite analysis mode.
1. … Re1+!!
2. Rxe1 Qxd7
3. b4 Qd2
4. Re3 Kg7
5. Kg2 Qd5+
6. Kg1 h5
7. Rc3 Kh6
8. Rc5 Qe4
9. Ra5 f5
10. Rc5 Kg5
11. Re5 Qb7
12. Re6 Kg4
13. Re3 Qc6
14. Kh2 Qc2
15. Kg1 Kh3
16. g4+ Kxg4
17. Rg3+ Kf4
18. Rxg6 Kf3
19. Rg3+ Ke2
20. Re3+ Kd2
21. Re7 Qd1+
22. Kh2 Qg4
23. Rc7 Qf4+
24. Kh3 Qxc7
25. Kh4 Qh2+
26. Kg5 f4
27. Kh6 f3
28. b5 axb5
29. Kg7 Qxf2
30. Kf8 Qa7
31. Kg8 f2
32. a4 f1=Q
33. axb5 Qff7+
34. Kh8 Qg7#
Fritz full analysis found the following alternate lines, but no big blunders on my part:
28. … Qxf2
29. Kg7 axb5
30. Kh8 Qg1
31. Kh7 f2
32. Kh6 f1=Q
33. Kh7 Qf7+
34. Kh6 Qe3#
26. … h4
27. f3 Qg3+
28. Kxf5 Qxf3+
29. Ke5 Qe3+
30. Kd6 h3
31. Kc7 h2
32. b5 h1=Q
33. Kd8 Qd5+
34. Kc8 Qe8+
35. Kc7 Qed8#
An alternative, more straightforward, interesting, and shorter game would have resulted from 10. … Qf3, suggested by a later Fritz infinite analysis at that position. I was wondering what black could have done better at that critical point:
10. … Qf3
11. Rc1 f4
12. Rf1 fxg3
13. fxg3 Qxg3+
14. Kh1 h4
15. a4 Qd3
16. Rf2 Kh5
17. Rg2 g5
18. b5 Qf3
19. Kg1 h3
20. Rf2 Qd3
21. bxa6 Qxa6
22. a5 Kh4
23. Rh2 Qc6
24. Rxh3+ Kxh3
25. Kf1 Qe4
26. Kf2 g4
27. Kf1 g3
28. a6 Qe3
29. a7 Qf2#
A full analysis of the line ending Qf2 by Fritz found that advancing the h file pawn a bit earlier resulted in a quicker mate:
12. … h4
13. Kh2 fxg3+
14. fxg3 Qe2+
15. Kg1 hxg3
16. Rf6 Qh2+
17. Kf1 g2+
18. Ke2 g1=Q+
19. Kd3 Qd1+
20. Ke4 Qhe2+
21. Kf4 Qd4+
22. Kg3 Qdg4#