World Class Chess Tactic

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  Manish Shrikhande says:

  December 22, 2013 at 4:03 am

  1 … Ng3+
  2 Qxg3 Ra1 (if 2 hg Rh8++)

  and mate follows

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  Luc Despontin says:

  December 22, 2013 at 8:53 am

  1. … Ra1
  2. Qé2 Qxd5
  And the white rook must leave de defence of the b pawn because the thread Ne3.
  Luc

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  Anonymous says:

  December 22, 2013 at 10:22 am

  1… Ra1
  2.Rb1 ng3+
  3.hg Ra8!!

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  Dzung says:

  December 22, 2013 at 2:18 pm

  1…Ra1! 2. Qe2 (2. Rb1 Ng3+! 3. Qxg3 (3. hxg3 Ra8 threatens Rh8 mate) Rxb1 ++) 2…Qc5!

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  Yancey Ward says:

  December 22, 2013 at 6:35 pm

  I would play Ra1:

  1. …..Ra1
  2. Qe2

  Here, white loses with Rb1: [2.Rb1 Ng3 3.hg3 Ra8!-+]. Continuing:

  2. …..Qd5

  And here black is threatening Nd4 followed by e4 if white tries to maintain control of the a6/f1 diagonal with Qd3, and is threatening Nd4 followed by Qc4/b5 if white chooses 4.Qf2 in other lines. I don’t really see what white can do with the rook here- it is either Rd3 or Rf3:

  3. Rd3 Nd4
  4. Rd4

  If white tries 4.Qf2, white just pins the rook to f1 with Qc4. Continuing:

  4. …..Qd4
  5. b7 Qb4

  And the b-pawn falls, too. Black should win fairly easily from here- he can even just exchange all the pieces at f1 and win with the connected passers.

  At move 4, white can try Rf3:

  4. Rf3 Nd4
  5. Qb2 Ra2!
  6. Qc3 Nf3 (or Rc2)
  7. gf3 Rf2
  8. Qc7 Kh6
  9. Qc1 g5

  With a fairly easy win.

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  Anonymous says:

  December 26, 2013 at 12:24 am

  1 …Ra1 2.Qe2 Ne3