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Qe6 I guess. 🙂
Qe6 and if Bd7 Qxd7
Qe6
5 seconds problem… theres no way of getting out of that mate..
Qe6 deflects the defender of b8.
1. Qe6! Qe8
2. Qxc6+! Qxc6
3. Rb8 mate
1.Qe6! looks pretty crunchy to me.
this took me like a minute to see.
1.Qe6! wins on the spot
The mate threat of Rb8 only works if the queen is deflected from covering the square. This makes Qe6 a move to look at:
1. Qe6
And black has a problem- his queen is unprotected but can’t move even along the 8th rank because she must now also guard the bishop at c6. There are too many mate threats to defend against. Black can delay with Rh4, or try to confuse white with move like Bd7, but that is still mate starting with either Qd5 or Rb8. Best is to just resign.
1. Qe6
1.Qe6 No defense
1. Qe6 does the trick for white. It has multiple mating thereats such as 2.Qxc8#, 2.Qxc6+ Qxc6 3.Rb8#. If Black’s bishop moves in the 1st move, white’s queen can give a check from h1-a8 diagonal. Black doesn’t have any defense for all these thereats.
1.Qe6 Qxe6
2.Rb8#
This is a simple problem involving an overworked black queen. It’s particularly easy because white needs a mating attack given the gross material deficit.
1. Qe6 wins.
The BQ has to protect the mate at Rb8.
There is no good reply.… B to d7, simply allows Q*d7 and e.g. Q off the back rank leads to mate by Rb8; or …Qf8, Qb7.
Or 1. …Qd7 2. Q*c6+ Q*c6 3. Rb8.
Psyche/ anonymous
The black queen must protect the 8th rank; Rb8 threatens mate.
So 1. Qe6 looks like a great move! It cannot be taken and Qe6 also opens the double threat: Qxc8 or @xc6.
And white wins!
Erik Fokke
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1.Qe6!
Cheers,
Henry