White to move. How should White proceed?
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Too easy:
1. Qh7 Kh7
2. hg6 Kg6 (Kg8 3.Rh8#)
3. Be4#
1. Qxh7+ Kxh7
2. hxg6++ Kxg6 (2. …Kg8 3. Rh8#)
3. Be4#
Qxh7+, followed by h:g+ and either Be4 or Rh8, depending on black’s response.
This is a very nice one,whites position looks vulnerable,but after the queen sacrifice it’s over for black.
1:Qxh7+ Kxh7
2:hxg6++ Kxg6 (..Kg8 3:Rh8#)
3:Be4#
Quorthon
qxh7+ han
Qxh7+ Kxh7
h5xg6+ (Double check with rook and pawn)
Now if
..Kxg6
Be4+ mates
or if
..Kg8
Rh8+ mates
Qxh7+
The puzzle is a well known simple pattern. What I find interesting is how moves like hxg6 can often fail. Ignoring the overwhelming black forces on the queenside and Qxh6, hxg6 fxg6 exposing the rook to defense the h7 pawn is a defensive idea that occurs quite frequently.
Sometimes the first move you look at just works. Knowing there is a combination hear leads us first to see if a Q sac works, and so it does:
1. Qxh7+ Kxh7 2. hxg6+ Kxg6 (2… Kg8 3. Rh8#) 3. Be4# 1-0
Attractive, if easy.
Nice one!
1. Qxh7+, Kxh7
2. hxg6+, Kg8
3. Rh8 checkmate!
2. …., Kxg6
3. Be4 checkmate!
Erik Fokke
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1.Qxh7+! Kxh7 2.hxg6++ Kxg6 (2…Kg8 3.Rh8#) 3.Be4#. Very similiar to Fischer-Miagmasuren: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044267
Qxh7+ Kxh7
hxg6+ Kxg6
Be4++
otherwise on Kg8
white has Rh8++
Phil
1. Qxh7+ KxQ
2. hxg6+ (a) Kg8
3. Rh8#
2. … (b) Kxg6
3. Be4#
Mark
1.Qxh7+ Kxh7
2.hg++ Kxg6
3.Be4#
1.Qxh7+ Kxh7
2.hg++ Kg8
3.Rh8#