White to move. How should White proceed? This pattern came from my own game in the Budapest Polgar Chess Day simul a few days ago.
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Rf7+ Ke8
Ra7 Kd8
Ra8+ Ke7
Re8+ Kd7
Rxf8
wins the bishop.
White snags the bishop, after which White’s task is fairly straightforward.
1. Rf7+ Ke8
2. Ra7+ Kd8
3. Ra8+ Ke7
4. Re8+ Kd6
5. Rxf8
jcheyne
Here is the line I came up with as always I didnt read the posted lines.
1.Rf7 Ke8
2.Ra7+ Kd8
3.Ra8+ Ke7
4.Re8+ Kd7
5.Rxf8
1-0
Wow, what a great way to win materials! Thanks for posting this beauty! Does it have a name? The “anonymous attack” or “tfk trick”, are my suggests.
Reminds me of the following puzzle, by Maxim Blokh, #201 in his inexpensive little Convekta CT-Art like booklet “600 Combinations” (FEN):
3q2k1/6p1/p1B4p/1p6/
1Q4P1/1P2r3/P1b4P/K4R2 w – – 0 1
1. Rf1-f8+ Qd8:Rf8
2. Bc6-d5+ Kg8-h7
3. Qb4:Qf8+
In typical CT-Art style, IF it were instead Black-to-move:
1. … Re3-e1+
GeneM
This one is a variation on the “windmill” tactic.
Two good tactics books (which I have read and personally own) are GM Yasser Seirawan’s ‘Winning Chess Tactics’ and GM John Nunn’s ‘Learn Chess Tactics’. They both talk about windmills.
I wouldn’t recommend Nunn’s book for beginners though, some of the positions get REALLY hard later on, whereas Seirawan’s book is a little easier.