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Shaked tactic

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White to move. How should white proceed?

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  1. Oleg Mezjuev Reply

    1. Qa5+! Nxa5 2. Rxd7#

  2. James I. Hymas Reply

    1. Q:a5+ N:a5
    2. R:d7#

  3. Anonymous Reply

    (1) Qa5+ Nxa5
    (2) Rxd7

  4. Joshua Green Reply

    1. Qa5+! Nxa5  2. Rxd7#

  5. Anonymous Reply

    Qa5

  6. grw Reply

    Qa5

  7. pht Reply

    Close to a “5 second tactic”.
    If Nc6 could be deflected, there is a nice Rxd7#. So the enforced Q sack:

    1. Qa5+!
    mates next.

  8. Alex Reply

    Bxc6! (threate mate Qa5)

    1) NxC6, Rb8+, Nxb8, Qa5 mate
    2) Bxc6, Qa5 mate

    -alex-

  9. Alex Reply

    Bxc6! (threate mate Qa5)

    1) NxC6, Rb8+, Nxb8, Qa5 mate
    2) Bxc6, Qa5 mate

    -alex-

  10. Anonymous Reply

    Qa5 !

  11. Choolwe Hambulo Reply

    R*A7

  12. Choolwe Hambulo Reply

    Ra7

  13. s.k.srivastava Reply

    Queen ch & Rxb Mate

  14. s.k.srivastava Reply

    Q ch and Rxb mate

  15. Anand Gautam Reply

    Rb8+ will win!
    1. Rb8+ Nxb8
    2. Qa5+ checkmate!

    1. … Nc8
    or
    1. … Bc8
    runs into serious problems very quickly.
    Black either loses heavy material or gets checkmated.

  16. Anonymous Reply

    Rb1+

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