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Give up the knight at Nf6 to lure the black king out into the open:
1. Nf6 Ke7
2. Rd7 Kf6
3. Rf1 Kg5
Nothing looks better- if black goes to g6, white just plays Qe4+ and this has to be mate in a few more moves. Or if black plays Kg7, white plays Qe6 and again mate should follow. Or if black plays Nf4, Rxf4+ should win quite easily. Continuing:
4. Rf5
Only reasonable continuation I can see here. Continuing:
4. …..Kh6
On Kh4, white uncovers a check with g5, and I don’t see an easy way for black to survive the mating net. On Kg6, white can set up the discovered check with Qe4 that defangs the queen checks on the 1st rank and forces black to make some other move so that white can then close the noose on black’s king. Continuing:
5. Rdf7 and I don’t see how you deal with the various threats of Qxe6 and g5 etc.
1. Nf6+ Ke7
2. Rd7+ Kf6
3. Rf1+ Kg5
4. Rf5+, Kh6
5. Rfxg7 and White has a potent attack and a mate in few moves even with Black’s sacrifices
Hi Susan Polgar,
Well,others had given the correct initial move “Nf6”.
I will show a slight variation for white to win this chess puzzle in ease.
Example 1
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1.N*f6+ Ke7
2.g5 Rd8
3.Qb4+ Rd6
4.Q*b7+ Kd8
5.Qb8+ Ke7
6.Qe8++ Mate
Example 2
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1.N*f6+ Ke7
2.g5 N*g5
3.Qc5+ K*Nf6
4.Q*Ng5+ Ke6
5.Rge1+ Qe5
6.Q*Qe5++ Mate
White wins the game.
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]