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Ooops! I overlooked Kg6. It appears though that winning the a pawn and playing Kf8 keeps Black a rook up. Phil
Tour a4
1. … Ra4 -+
White has to give away everything to avoid mate.
Ra4!
answer: Ra4
How about Ra4, threatening mate? There does not seem to be a sufficient reply for white.
Ra4 leads to mate on f4
Ra1-a4-f4 mate will do the trick.
Isn’t Ra4, Rf4 mate lights out for white?
Ra4 threatening Rf4 mate
1. … Ra4 is a definite possibility here, threatening mate despite the queen. And I cannot see how to stop 2. … Rf4#.
The problem for me is I am a strategist, but cannot really calculate, perhaps I am a strategist tactician, unless I have the patience. I should play a game where there are stakes, I guess, perhaps at a chess club not internet. 😉
Ra4
Unstoppable mate on f4
Solution: > Ra4. In order to avoid Rf4# next white need to sac all his pieces and then white can with extra material.
…Ra4! looks winning for Black!
1….Ra4! and there is no defense against 2…Rf4 mate!
Kamalakanta
1. …..Ra4 looks like it wins. The threat is Rf4#, and I don’t see a defense.
Hello
1. …. , Ra4 winning
White cannot stop Rf4
Greetiabings from Spain
1. … Ra4
2. Rf8+ Bxf8
3. Ra7+ Be7
4. Rxe7 Kxe7
5. Kg6 Rxa7
This one had me stumped for a long time. Finally I found it. The answer is so cool.
I had written a line similar to Chris’s @4:10 pm, but it didn’t make it to the list. The difference I’d make is to play 5…Kf8 after Kg6, picking up the a pawn next and making sure White has no possible counterplay. Phil
I am not sure. Let me go ask Jack A. Laughertee. Oh wait, he doesn’t know anything about chess, does he. Oh well.