Thursday chess tactic

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  Anand Gautam says:

  April 28, 2011 at 10:00 pm

  1. Qxf6+!! gxf6
  2. Rhxg8+ Kf7
  3. f5!! wins

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  Anand Gautam says:

  April 28, 2011 at 10:02 pm

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  Yancey Ward says:

  April 28, 2011 at 10:50 pm

  Anand is correct- Qf6 will win, but it is more complicated than it looks since black can sacrifice the rook at e3 to open a hole for his king:

  1. Qf6 gf6 (Rf7 2.Qd8#)

  Here, also, Ke8 will lose: [1. …Ke8 2.Rg7 and the black king will never escape the back rank]. Continuing:

  2. Rhg8 Kf7
  3. f5 Re3
  4. Ne3! Ke7
  5. R1g7 Kd6
  6. Rf8! and now there are only delays to the coming mate.

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  Chessforeva Dev says:

  April 28, 2011 at 11:24 pm

  Qxf6+

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  baincardin says:

  April 29, 2011 at 12:29 am

  awesome!!!~ ^_^ I’d love to share this tactic with my colleagues. thanks Susan! 🙂

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  knockout2010 says:

  April 29, 2011 at 6:46 am

  1.Qxf6+ gxf6
  2.Rhxg8+ Kf7
  3.f5 Rxe3+
  4.Nxe3 Ke7
  5.Rg7+ Kd6
  6.Rd8+ Kc6
  7.Rc8+ Kb6
  8.Rb8+ Ka6
  9.Ra8+

  – Game draw 1/2 – 1/2 with agreement