White to move. How can White save this game?
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1.RxR 2.Rb6+
This one follows a pretty straight path:
1. Rxe7+ Rxe7
2. Qb6+ Kc8
3. Rh8+ Re8
4. Rxe8+ Kd7
5. Rd8+ Ke7
6. Qd6#
It looks to me like black’s game is the one that needs saved. Qb6+ wins the queen after Kc8 Rc6+ (Ka8 loses to Ra1+).
Am I missing something?
white can actually win this game! i found it…
1. Rb6 + Kc7
2. Qa7 + Kc8
3. Qb8 + Kd7
4. Rd6 ++
If 1. … Kc8
2. Qa8
leadingo to mate with Qb8 and Rd6
Isidoro, from Brazil
It look like 1.Rxe7 is best move (neutralizing the rook battery) then 1…Rxe7 is forced. Now 2.Qb6+ King has only two squares left (but 2…Ka8 will led to mate after 3.Rh8+) so better move seem to be 2…Kc8 3.Rh8+ Kd7 (forced) 4.Rd8! checkmate. WOWWWWWW
Uhh.. what? 1. Rxe7+ Rxe7 2. Qb6+ any 3. Rh8+
From Spain
1)Re7+,Re7
2)Qb6+,Kc8
3)Rh8+,Kd7
4)Re8++
1)Re7+,Re7
2)Qb6+,Ka8
3)Rh8+,Re8
4)Re8+,Qc8
5)Rc8++
After 1.Rxe7+ Rxe7 2.Qb6+! and 3.Rh8+ white wins
1. Rxe7+ Rxe7 2. Qb6+ followed by 3. Rh8+, and it is mate in few moves.
1. Rxe7+, Rxe7
2. Qb6+, Kc8
3. Rh8+, Kd7
4. Qd8+, Ke6
5. Rh6+, f6
6. Qg8+
1-0
wow, i checked all the lines with Rb6, before i realized its not the move. instead:
1. Rxe7+ and mate in all lines. here they are, for fun´s sake:
1. … Rxe7
2. Qb6+ ka8
3. Rh8+ Re8
4. Rxe8+ Qc8
5. Rxc8#
if 2. .. Kc8, then:
3. Rh8+ Kd7
4. Rd8#
if 3. .. Re8, then:
4. Rxe8+ Kd7
5. Rd8+ Ke7
6. Qd6#
if 1. .. Kb8, then:
2. Qa7+ Kc8
3. Qa8#
if 1 .. Kc8, then:
2. Qa8# rightaway. hehe
Rxe7 and the rest is simple
white can play 1.Rxe7, 2.Qb6+, 3.Rh8 and win
white rook e7 (check), black rook e7, queen b6 and it’s a checkmate in 1 (2 at most if the black player is obstinate haha) 😉
A good example of why it’s sometimes better to attack all out instead of thinking/worrying about defense (in this case – about the almost queened black pawn and the “checkmate in 1” scenario). : )
White can win this one
On a first view it seems that Rb6+ should win, but the black king should be able to escape on the d-file, where “his wife” can protect him from checks aside and the white Rook on e1 can not give a check too.
Suprisingly we have to reduce the material at first.
1. Rxe7+ Rxe7
2. Qb6+ Kc8
3. Rh8+ Kd7
4. Rd8 checkmate
Other black moves than 1. Rxe7 can not avoid the loss anyway.
If Black plays
3. Re8 instead of Kd7 it doesn’t change a lot
4. Rxe8+ 4. Kd7
5. Rd8+ 5. Ke7
6. Qd6 checkmate
looks like perpetual checks are possible
My first comment maybe has gone lost in the dark space of the internet? So I suggest onece more to play
1. Rxe7 Rxe7
2. Qb6+ Kc8
3. Rh8+ Re8
4. Rxe8+ Kd7
5. Rd8+ Ke7
6. Qd6
Analysis: White rook captures rook, which forks Black’s rook at e8 and Black’s king. Black answers with rook captures rook, which threatens checkmate (pawn to c1 with a rook under-promotion) and protects Black’s king.
white moves queen to b6, which checks Black’s king. Black answers with king to c8, which moves it out of check and threatens to mate (pawn to c1 with a rook under-promotion). White move rook to h8, which checks Black’s king. Black counters by moving the rook to e8, which threatens to mate (pawn to c1 with a rook under-promotion), removes the threat on Black’s king, and threatens white’s rook. White’s rook captures rook, which checks Black’s king. Black is forced to move king to d7, which moves it out of check and attacks white’s rook. White moves rook to d8, which moves it to safety and checks Black’s king. Black is forced to move king to e7, which moves it out of check. White moves queen to d6, which checkmates Black’s king.
You can force mate in six moves.
1. Rxe7+, Rxe7
2.Qb6+, Kc8
3.Rh8+, Re8
4.Re8+, Kd7
5.Rd8+, Ke7
6.Qd6#
hmm…I was struggling with Rb6+
these puzzles are just showing me how many moves I am failing to find…