Daily Chess Improvement: Pattern chess tactic

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  PROF.S.G.BHAT says:

  October 25, 2014 at 9:24 am

  1.Qa7+ Kc8
  2.Qa8+ Kd7
  (2…. Bb8 3.Ne7+)
  3.Qd8+ Ke6
  4.Qg8+ Kd7
  (4…. Kf5 6.Qxd5+ Be5 7.Nd4+ Kg4 8.Qf3# )
  5.Qxd5

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  Anonymous says:

  October 25, 2014 at 11:18 am

  A7++

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  medisynergi says:

  October 25, 2014 at 2:36 pm

  Qa7 +

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  Yancey Ward says:

  October 25, 2014 at 3:56 pm

  I think either beginning check with the queen is ok here. I thought we would be looking for a knight fork at some point, and that is a variation in some lines. I had also envisioned a skewer from a8, but I really didn’t foresee the skewer that matters most- from g8.

  1. Qa7 Kc8
  2. Qa8!

  Probably the only move for white now. Playing Qa6+ from this point will allow the black king to escape by playing to d7 and then blocking checks along the 7th rank with Bc7. 2.Qa8 allows the followup of Qd8:

  2. ……Kd7

  If 2. …Kc7, then white plays Qb8 first to force Kd7 anyway. And if 2. …Bb8, white can just fork with Ne7. Continuing:

  3. Qd8 Ke6
  4. Qg8 wins the black queen and the game.

  Finally, at move 1, white should get the same result by starting with Qa6:

  1. Qa6 Kc7
  2. Qa7! Kc8
  3. Qa8 and we have transposed to the previous variation.

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  Harry Hariharan says:

  October 25, 2014 at 5:40 pm

  1.Qa7+.Kc8.
  2.Qa8+.Kc7.
  3.Qb8+.Kd7.
  4.Qd8+.Ke6.
  5.Qg8+.K~
  6.Qxd5 wins the queen and the game!