White to move. What should White do?
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White to move. What should White do?
Rh1+ Kg8
Nf6+ g7xN
c5+ Kf8
Rh8+ Ke7
Rh7+ K
RxQ KxRd7
Qf7+ Be7
Qxg7
to be followed by Qxg6
Susan this question is not about the puzzle but I find it quite interesting, I thought maybe you would answer this. I recently seen an old video on the net of your sister Sofia playing GM Victor Korchnoi blitz chess. She then proceeded to beat him. Afterwards your sister said she was worried that she lost the respect of her elders. Well Victor who didnt even shake her hand after losing, lashed out at Sophie, “you beat me one game you’ll never beat me the rest of your life”! Can you tell us what that was all about?
thank you
They have a love hate relationship. I know Victor for a long time. It’s not personal 🙂 At least I hope it’s not.
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Susan Polgar
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michael c.m., what about 3…Qd5 in that line?
I like 1.c5, setting up Rh1#. If 1…Qg4+ then 2.Ng3 and Black is still stuck. If 1…Qd5 then 2.Qh3+! and White picks up the rook.
Hi michael c.m.
The lines you mentioned, came to my mind at first. However I couldn’t solve some of the different replies by black. Like
3. … Qd5
3. … Kg7
or
4. … Kg7
Also the resulting position is not convincingly good for white. White has queen and 4 pawns (2 connected passed pawns) and black has rook and bishop with 4 pawns (1 passed pawn). If black finds a tactical move to push her pawn to d2, white will be in trouble.
I like the idea by Dan, where white picks up the rook with the check.
P. Anandh
c5 looks like it wins. My idea was to wall off black so I could battery on the h file. I’m a little embarrassed at my tactical accumen. Looks like one variation mates. 1.Nf6+ gxf5 2.f5 fxg5 3.Qh3+ Kg8 4.Rh1 gxf5 5.Qh8+ Kf7 6.Rh7+ Ke6 7.Rh6+ Kf7 8.Qf6+ Ke8 9.Rh8+ Bf8 10.Qf8#
1. c5 and there is no defence (1.- Qg4 2. Ng3) Other lines can’t work. michael c.m., you seem to forget that after 2.-gxN black can play King to g7.
on michael c.m. solution after Nf6+
gxf6, when white moves c5+, what is to prevent blacks moving Kg7 and preventing Rh8?
c5 immediately seems decisive.
if … Qd5, Qh3+ wins
if … Qg4+, Ng3 and the rook is coming