White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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1. Qh8+ Bh6
2. Qe5+ 1-0
1.Qh8+ Bh6 2. Qe5+ QxQe5 (2…g5 3.Bf7+ Qg6 4.g4#; 2…Bg5 3.QxBg5#)3.g4#
I like this variation the most.
1. Qh8+ Bh6
2. Qe5+! Qf5+
3. g4#!
(2…….. Qxe5 3.g4# )
(2…….. g5
3.Bf7+ Qg6
4.g4# )
1. Qh8+ Bh6
2. Qe5+ Qxe5
3.g4 #
The prettiest final position requires one extra move.
Whites mates a GM while down a Queen, Bishop and a few pawns with only a couple of white pawns left on the Board.
Be2 Qe2
Qh8 Bh6
Qe5 Qe5
g4
that`s a beautiful sequence:
1. Qh8+ Bh6
2. Qe5+ Qxe5 (if not, then Qxe4)
3. g4#
greets, jan
Black king can’t move, and only Qe4 defends g4#. I notice that it still defends this after
1. Be2+?? Bxe2
but I guess deflection of Qe4 should be the right idea. For a start, we could make the closure of escape field h6 more permanent than it is:
1. Qh8+! Bh6 (only)
The Qh8+ was very natural for the mentioned reasons, now
2. Qe5+??
followed by g4# looked beautiful, but wait, black has the strong
2. …. Qf5+
against it! Now shifting to original idea:
2. Be2+ Qxe2 (Qg4+ Bxg4#)
3. Qe5+! Qxe5 (Bg5 Qxg5#)
4. g4#
Black up with Q+B, this is a beautiful enforced mate in 4.
1.Qh8+ Bh6 2.Qe5+ g5
(2…Qxe5 3.g4#)
(2…Qf5+ 3.g4#)
(2…Bg5 3.Qxe4)
3.Bf7+ Qg6 4.Bxg6+
1- Bd5 looks pretty interesting
1.Qh8+ Bh6
2.Qe5+ QxQ (2… Bg5 3.Qxg5#)
3.g4#
Yoshke
Haridaran and also Ravi got this correct.
Of cource the critical line here to see is: