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White to move. How should White proceed?

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  1. TVTom Reply

    BxB with discovered check seems to win all of black’s pieces and force mate as well.

    1 Bxf6+ Rg5 (to avoid mate), and now BxR and black is helpless, or, even stronger perhaps, 2 Qxh5, threatening mate on h8. If 2…Nxf6, 3 Rxg5+ winning the queen as well as mate next move.

  2. TVTom Reply

    Oops! I forgot that the white queen was hanging! But you know what? My solution -still- works:

    1 Bxf6+ h5xg4
    2 Rxg4+

    and now if …Rg4, 3 Rxg4+ Qxg4, 4 Rxg4+ Kh7, 5 Rh5 Kg8, Rh8 mate.

    So 2…Kh7
    3 Rh4+ Rh5
    4 Rxh5 Qxh5
    5 Nxh5 Nxf6
    6 Nxf6+ and that sort of sucks, as white hasn’t gained material. Ok, I think Bxf6+ is still right, but I may be missing something in this line, maybe 3 Rg7+ is better.

  3. kensho Reply

    1. bxf6+ Rg5
    2. Qh5 and Qh8#

  4. Anonymous Reply

    Bf6, Pxg4
    Rg4,

  5. jdalberg Reply

    I think Nxh5 must be the first move.

    1. Nxh5, Rg5 (since taking the knight would lead to disaster on Bxf6+)
    2. Nxf6+, Nxf6
    3. Qxg5, Qxg5 (otherwise disaster down the line)
    4. Rxg5 with an attack and more material

    could continue Nh7
    5. R5g2, Ba4
    6. Bxf8+ aso

    Another line could be

    1. Bxf6+, hxg4
    2. Rxg4+, Kh7
    3. Rh1+, Rh5
    4. Rxh5+, Qxh5
    5. Nxh5

    But at the end of that one, white is still a pawn down.

  6. Kiran Reply

    1. Bxf6+ hxg4 (1…Rg5 2. Qxg5+ Qxg5 3. Rxg5+ Kh7 4. Rh1#) (1…Kh7 2 Qg7#)
    2. Rxg4+ Rg5 (2…Kh7 3 Rh1+ Rh5 4 Nxh5 Qxh5/Nxf6 5 Rxh5/Nxf6# )
    3. Rxg5+ Qxg5 (3…Kh7 4 Rh1+ Qh5 5. Rxh5#)
    4. Rxg5+ Kh7
    5. Rh5+ Kg8
    6. Rxh8#

  7. Anonymous Reply

    1. Bxf6+ hxg4
    2. Rxg4+ Rg5
    3. Rxg5+ Qxg5
    4. Rxg5+ Kh7
    5. Rh5+ Kg8
    6. Rh8#
    greets, jan

  8. jcheyne Reply

    (I’m late to the party because I had to teach some classes, but here’s what I came up with.)
    1. Bxf6+ hxg4
    2. Rxg4+ Kh7 (2. … Rg5 3. Rxg5+ Qxg5 4. Rxg5+ Kh7 5. Rh5+ Kg8 6. Rh8#)
    3. Rh1+ (or Rh4+ Rh5 4. Nxh5 Bd1 5. Nf4+ Bh5 6. Nxh5 Qe1+ 7. Rxe1 Nxf6 [7. … Kg6 8. Rg1+ Kf5 9. Rf4#] 8. Rg1 Ng4 9. Rgxg4 and mate next move)
    3. … Rh5
    4. Nxh5 Now Black just hemorrhages material to forestall mate.
    4. … Qe1+
    5. Rxe1 Nf6 (5. … Bd1 6. Nf4 Bxg4 7. Rh1+ Bh3/5 8. Rxh
    6. Nxf6+ Rh1#

  9. How to play blitz Reply

    It looks there is a checkmate in 7 moves. Correct me if I wrong
    1. Bxf6+ hxg4
    2. Rxg4+ Kh7
    3. Bd5 Rxd5
    4. Nxd5 Qe1+
    5. Rxe1 Nxf6
    6. Nxf6+ Kh6
    7. Rh1#
    Thanks for that tricky position.

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