White to move. Can you find the most accurate continuation for White? No computer please.
7r/2Bnkp2/R2Np3/2p1P3/5P1p/1p1B4/6rP/2n4K w – – 0 1
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Black will either Queen the pawn or checkmate White on g1. White’s lost.
didn’t take that long. appears to be much easier than the previous one which should have taken 30 s
As far as I can see 1.Ne8 is a pretty strong move. If the knight is captured by either king or rook white delivers mate following a bishop check on d6. Should the black king retreat to f8 (1…Kf8) a possible sequence could be 2.Bd6+ Kg8 3.Ra8 and white seems to be winning as well. Not sure I covered all the linesthough as I am at work and cannot spend too much time analyzing. Anything I missed?!
Beelze
Silly me: of course 1.Nf5+! wins much faster and easier. That’s why i suck at blitz chess… 😉
Beelze
Be4
and black can probably move the pawn to b2 or try and protect rook by moving Rg8.
If it is Rg8…
Be4..Rg8
Bxg2..b2
Rb6..
If it is b2…
Be4..b2
Rb6..h3
Rxb2..
Bxg2..hxg2+
Kg1
Hmm, finding Nf5+ took less than ten seconds but calculating out the whole lines took some more time (but 2 minutes were enough I think).
Black has some possibilities so in a real game I’d really like to spend some time.
Nice one.
Nf5+ exf5
Bd6+ Ke3
Bf8+ Kd4
Rd6#
Other lines lead to mate on the back rank.
I got Nf5 in a few seconds- easy to see it works.