Sunday night chess tactic

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  kibitzer says:

  March 17, 2008 at 3:39 am

  1. Rxd7 Qxd7
  2. Rd1 and white wins the black bishop …

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  Khairie says:

  March 17, 2008 at 4:28 am

  A quick calculation shows that White has
  1. RxR+ QxR
  2. Rd1

  winning the Black Bishop.

  Is there more to the situation?

  I really wish Susan would post the answer later.

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  sachin says:

  March 17, 2008 at 9:19 am

  ph5 bxb
  pxp+ pxp
  pxb rxp
  qf2+ and winning back rook

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  Anonymous says:

  March 17, 2008 at 10:13 am

  ph5 bxb
  pxp+ pxp
  pxb rxp
  qf2+ and winning back rook

  Sorry, but I don’t see it. After:

  1.h5 Bxe3
  2.hxg6+ hxg6
  3.fxe3 Rxe3
  4.Qf2+ Kg8

  … which rook is White winning, and how?

  Incidentally, 3…Rxd1 looks better to me than 3…Rxe3.

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  Jochen says:

  March 17, 2008 at 10:57 am

  Quite interesting how long it took my to find this “simple” figure win with Rxd7 and Rd1.
  Looking for some cool tactics you often forget searching for the easy moves. Fortunately in a real game you seldomly expect cool tactics and start your calculations with the easiest moves…

  Best regards
  Jochen