White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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Nd4
1.Rxh7!!
1. Rxh7+ Kxh7 (1. .. Kg8 2. Ng5+ Kf8 3. Qf7#)
2. Rh1+ Bh4 (2. .. Kg8 3.Ng5+ Kf8 4. Qf7#)
(2. .. Kg6 3. Nf4#)
3. Rxh4+ Kg6 (3. .. Kg8 4. Ng5+ Kf8 5. Qf7#)
4. Nf4+ Kf6
5. Bd4#
1.Rxh7+ If Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Nc7 (disc.)+ Kf8 4.Rh8# If 1. …Kg8 Rh8+ and same mate pattern. If 2.
…Kg6 then 3.Nf4#.
1. Rxh7+ forces mate
If 1. … Kg8
2. Ng5+ Kf8
3. Rh8# or Qf7#
If 1. … Kxh7
2. Rh1+ Kg6 (2… Kg8 3. Ng5+ and see above)
3. Qh5#
Again I feel to see the problem, 1. Rh7+ and there should be nothing black can do.
1. Rh7+ Kg8 2. Ng5+ Kf8 3. Qf7# first of all;
1. Rh7+ Kxh7 2. Rh1+ Kg8 3. Ng5+ Kf8 4. Qf7#;
So the only chance for black would be
1. Rh7+ Kxh7 2. Rh1+ Bh4 (Kg6 Qh5#) 3. Rxh4+ Kg6, but I immediately see a forced mate4. Nf4+ Kf7 5. Bd4#
1Rh7+ Kxh7
2Rh1+ Bh4
3Rxh4 Kg6 {or (a)}
4Nf4+ Kf6
5Bd4#
(a)3… Kg8
4Ng5+ Kf8
5Rh1#
1Rxp+ finish
Ah. Mate in 5.
1. Rxh7+!! Kxh7 (1… Kg8? 2. Ng5+ Kf8 3. Qf7#)
2. Rh1+ Bh4 (2…Kg8 3. Ng5+ Kf8 4. Qf7#) (1… Kg6 2. Qh5# or 2. Nf4#)
3. Rxh4+ Kg6 (3…Kg8 4. Ng5+ Kf8 5. Qf7#)
4. Nf4+ Kf6
5. Bd4#
Rh7+ seems hard to meet
The spite check, Rxh7+ is more delirious
Rxh7+
1.Rxh7+ Kxh7
2.Rh1+ Kg8
3.Nd8#
1.RxP+ KxR
2.Rh1+ Kg8 (ifKg6, 3.Qh5++)
3.Ng5+(disc) Kf8
4.Qf7++
This is a forced mate starting with Rxh7+.
Rxh7+ wins
This might be immagination, but to me it looks like:
1. d7 Rg8 (Rb8 will be a quicker mate)
2. d8=Q Bxd8
3. Nxd8! h6 (looks enforced)
4. Nf7+ Kh7
5. Qf5+ g6
6. Ng5+ Kg7
7. Bd4#
I have probably overlooked some improvement for black here.
I’d play r#h7 without even analysing it. As a matter of fact I didn’t even analyse it…I just Know it must work. Problems like these always draw the eye to the obvious answer. The analysis is secondary. It’s sort of like spotting candidate moves..but the weakness to these “problems” is that the winning move is always rather obvious…the position tends to SCREAM the answer..and if the winning side doesn’t make it..he loses…so they’re rather simple. I;d recommend the big book of combos by Chess informant. And for kids..Lazlo Polgars book is simple..but very good at establlishing combinational patterns. Just a thought…sorry…back to breakfast.
Dear pht,
1d7 Rb1++ and #
To @Mike Magnan
Oh yes!
“encyclopedia of chess middlegame” (combinations).
A very good book with diagrams with increasing difficulty.
A book that I have brought everywhere by train, plane, on the beach.
Now is all ruined … but it is a bit sad to read the first pages “Printed in Yugoslavia” and “Belgrade 1980” …
Too many memories. 🙂
Best regards
Stef