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  1. Anonymous Reply

    Rxg8+ +-

  2. Ed Seedhouse Reply

    After a few minutes looking, this position seems to cry out to me for a Q sac, so:

    1. Qxf6, gxf6
    2. RhxG8, Kf7
    3. f5! (the real point)

    Now I see no way for black to avoid Rg1g7# for very long as his K is in a box.

  3. Haridaran Reply

    1. Qxf6+! gxf6

    ( 1……… Rf7
    2. Qd8# )
    ( 1……… Ke8
    2. Rxg8+ Kd7
    3. Qf5+ and white mates soon.)

    2. Rhxg8+ Kf7
    3. f5!
    and 4. R1g7 is mate.

  4. Yancey Ward Reply

    Qxf6 suggests itself almost immediately- the idea being to remove the defender of g8, and to clear the g-pawn out of the way for the g1 rook:

    1. Qf6 gf6 (Rf7 2.Qd8#; Ke8 below)
    2. Rhg8

    White will need to capture this way in order to prevent the black rook from defending, and to keep the two white rooks guarding each other:

    2. …..Kf7
    3. f5

    Probably the hard move to find. White must keep the black king from reaching e6, and this is the only way to do it. Now I don’t see how black can prevent R1g7#.

  5. Anonymous Reply

    Qf6+

  6. Fabrice Reply

    1.Qxf6+ gxf
    2.Rhxg8+ Kf7
    3.f5 Rxe3+
    4.Nxe3 Ke7
    5.R1g7+ Kd6
    6.Rd8+ Kc6
    7.Rc8+ Kb6
    8.Rb8+ Ka5 (Kb6=)
    9.Ra8+ Na6
    10.Rga7…

  7. Anonymous Reply

    Simple but cool – Qf6 leads to an ez forced mate.

    If I had played this move I would use it on my letterhead, logo, shirt pocket, side of my truck and have a picture framed.

    What a nice finish

  8. quarterplay Reply

    1.Qxf6+ g7xf6 2.R(8)xg8+ Kf7 3.f5!How does Black stop R(1)g7 #?oryedue 2

  9. Ravi Reply

    The King can be hunted and won

    1.Qxf6+ gxf6
    (1…Ke8 2.Rxg8+ Kd7 3.Qf5+ Kc7 4.Qc8+ Kd6 5.Rg6+ Re6 6.Rxe6#)
    (1…Rf7 2.Qd8#)
    2.Rhxg8+ Kf7 3.f5 Rxe3+
    (3…Qc2 4.R1g7#)
    4.Nxe3 Ke7
    (4…Qh2 5.R1g7#)
    5.R1g7+ Kd6 6.Re8 Qf2+
    (6…Kc6 7.Re6#)
    7.Kxf2 Nd3+ 8.Kg3 Nc5 9.dxc5+ Kxc5

  10. D Reply

    Dxf6+ gxf6
    Rhxg8+ Kf7
    f5!
    later R1g7##

  11. Lucymarie Reply

    After 1. Qxf6+ gxf6 2. Rhxg8+ Kf7 3. f5, Black can only delay mate with the desperado 3. .. Rxe3+ 4. Nxe3 Qf2+ 5. Kxf2 Nd3+ 6. Kf1 Ke7

    Since there is no longer any Black rook on e7, the Black king has managed to avoid being mated by the upcoming check by the White rook on g7-square. Only a short reprieve,
    however.

    7. R1g7+ Kd6 8. Rf8 Nf4 9. Rxf6+ Ne6 10. Rxe6#

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