White to move. How can White stop the mate threat by Black?
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1. Rh8+
[A] 1 … Ng8 2. Qxd6+ followed by 3. Qxb8
[B] 1 … Bxh8 2. Rxh8+ Kg7 3. Qh6# — or 2 … Ng8 3. Qxd6+ as before
Yuly,
After 2. Qxd6, mate follows.
For example:
2.. Re7 3. Qxe7 mate
2…Ke8 3. Rxg8+ Rf8 4. Qe7++
Rh8+ is correct, although 1..Bxh8 2.Rxh8+ Ng8 3.Qxd6+ doesn’t work because of 3..Kg7 when black escapes. Instead:
3. Qh6+ Rg7 (if Ke8 Rxg8+)
4. Qxd6+ mates
Chuckles, that’s a nice intermezo.
Not mate but still a save, without Qxd6?
1. Rh8+ Bxh8
2. Rxh8+ Ng8
3. Rxg8+ Kxg8
4. Qg6+ =
and it’s a draw because the king can’t run to the queenside to escape the checks, because if the king goes to e8 then the queen can check on e6 and the knight covers e7 so the king always has to run.
black would need the other R or the Q on the 7th rank to interpose, so the king could hide on h8
Mate Way:
1.Rh8+ Bxh8
(1… Ng8 2. Qxd6+ Ke8 3. Rxg8+ Bf8 4. Rxf8+ Rxf8 5. Qe7#)
2.Rxh8+ Ng8
3.Qh6+! Rg7
4.Qxd6+ Kf7
5.Qe6+ Kf8
6.Rxg8+ Rxg8
7.Qe7++
DBI