White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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1. Qg7+ looks interesting… Rxg7 2. fxg7+ Kg8 3. Rexf7 (threatening Rf8+ etc.) Qxg2+ 4. Rxg2 Kxf7 (4. … Bxg2 5. Rf8+ Rxf8 6. gxf8Q+ Kxf8 7. Kxg2 and white is a Bishop up) 5. Rxg5 Kg8 and white is two pawns up… with a free C-pawn and blacks rooks forced to stay on 8th row to guard the f8 square…
Very neat!
1. Qg7+!! Rxg7
2. fxg7+ Kg8
3. Rexf7 Qc8
4. Rf8+ Qxf8
5. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8
6. Rxf8+ Kxf8
7. c4 1-0
(This endgame should be winning for White, isn’t it?)
1. Qxg6 might actually be winning, but 1. Rxf7 is decisive.
1. .. Rxh6 2. Rxb7 and White is threatening 3. f7+ Rf6 4. Rxf6 and Black is busted.
If Black plays 2. .. Qxb7?, then 3. f7+ Rf6 4. Bxf6#
It looks like the best Black can do is:
2. .. Qe4 3. f7+ Qxd4 4. cxd4 Rf8 5. c4 with an easy win for White.
White queen checks black king / rooks take …white rook e-7 checks/ black king escapes to g 8…and then checkmate in 2 with white rook checking again at f 8/ black rook a 8 takes..and finally checkmate with white rook f 2 checkmating on f 8
How to sacrifice the queen- at g7 or at h6? I think both will win, but Rf7 just looks more elegant:
1. Rf7
Threatens Qh7#. Black is forced to accept the sacrifice:
1. …..Rh6
2. Rb7
And, the threat of f7+ forces black to give up the queen at d4. If black takes at f6, white retakes with the rook and must win a piece. Continuing:
2. …..Qd5
3. f7 Qd4
4. cd4 Rf8
5. d5 and white’s advantage is decisive.
Rxf7 I think.
Rxf7 I think.
So sad about Vugar Gashimov. So young with such potential. RIP
1. Qg7+! Rxg7
2. fxg7+ Kg8
3. Rexf7! Qc8/Qe8 (enforced to avoid worse loss)
4. Rf8+ Qxf8
5. Rxf8 Rxf8
6. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8
7. Bf6! g4
8. c4!
To prevent Be4 and Bxc2.
White is up with 2 healthy pawns. This should be decisive.
8. … Ke8
9. Kf2 Kd7
10. Ke3
1:Rxf7 Rxh6 2:Rxb7 Qxb7 3:f6-f7+ Rh6-Rf6 4:Bxf6#
I had realized that Gashimov had died. That is very sad for one so young.
I ponder about this line:
1. Rxf7 Rxh6
2. Rxb7 Kg8!
In lack of other playable options, a king move looks natural here!
How will white proceed? Nothing can prevent Kf8 next, and f7+ seems to have lost it’s power…
Among other lines I looked at:
1. Rxf7 Rxh6
2. Rxb7 Kg8
3. Rg7+ Kf8
4. f7 Re6!
The threat Re1+ seems to loose a tempo for white…
Nice, I entirely missed Rxb7 in the other line!
@pht
2. … Kg8??
3. f7+ Kf8
4. Bg7+!! Kxg7
5. f8=Q++ Kg6
6. Qf7+#
To Anand Gautam:
Thanks!
First bishop sack and then double check and mate.
All in all, the combination starting with Rxf7 is very spectacular indeed.
The other Q sack Qg7+ was much easier to find I think.