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1. h6!
1 h6+! Kf7
Black can’t take the pawn: 1 .. Kxh6 2 Kxf6 Re1 3 Rh5# or 2 .. Kh7 3 Kxe7.
If 1 .. Kh7 2 Kxf6 Re1 3 Kg5 white is two pawns up and has a winning advantage.
2 g5! fxg5
3 Rd8!
and now black can’t stop h7 and h8=Q.
If white had played 2 Rd8? directly, then black would have 2 .. Re5+ 3 Kf4 Kg6, controlling the h-pawn.
Rd8 then h6
1 h6+
Instinct suggests 1. h6. Let’s work it out.
1. … Kxh6
2. Kxf6 Kh7 (or other moves to avoid Rh5 and KxR follows)
1. … Kf7
2. g5 fxg5
3. Rd8 (threat: h7)
3. … Ra7
4. h7 Ra5+
5. Ke4 (White can’t hide behind Black’s pawn because of the eventual Rh4+)
5. … Ra4+
6. Kd5 Ra5+
7. Kc6 Ra6+
8. Kb5 Rh6
9. h8(Q) Rxh8
10. Rxh8
Yup, I’ll go with 1. h6.
h6. Black king cannot capture because Kxf6, and black is forced to choose between saving his rook or his king.
1.h6+ Kf7
2.g5 fxg5
3.Rd8 and h7 – h8=Q wins
If Ra7 for check by the side, the king going into the rook.
h6 then Rd8
I think Dmitri is correct- h6 should win this:
1. h6! Kf7 (only move)
2. g5! fg5
3. Rd8! R anywhere along the e-file
4. h7 R check on f-file
5. Kg5 R check on g-file
6. Kf4 and, eventually, the white king walks down to the rook driving it away for one move in order to queen the pawn.
At his first move, black cannot take at h6 due to a mate threat:
1. h6 Kh6
2. Kf6 Rg7
3. Rh5#
1. h6+! Kf7 2. g5! fxg5 3. Rd8!
How many male GM’s besides Nigel Short have lost to two Polgar sisters in the same tournament?