White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
1.Rxa7 Rxa7
2.Nxf7+ Kg8
3.Qf3
Ra7 Ra7
Nf7 Kg1
Bg5
1.Ra7 Ra7 2. Nf7 Kg8 3.Bg5
Rxa7 followod by Bg5
1. Rxa7 Rxa7 2. Bg5 Qxg5 3. Nxf7+ and white will win the queen because black cannot capture the knight because of Re8 mate!
i think white should play Qf3, intending Nxf7 or Re4 the next move. greets, jan
1rxa7 rxr 2nxf7+
1rxa7 rxr 2nxf7+ rxn 3 backrank mate
2 kg8 bg5queen istrapped
It took some time to focus on a good move and noticing that Black’s queen is in danger. Then the idea comes up:
1. Rxa7 Rxa7 2. Bg5! Qxg5 (forced) 3. Nxf7+! Rxf7 4. Re8+ and mate to follow.
First thoughts are 1.Rxa7 Rxa7 2.Bg5 and then if 2…Qxg5 3.Nxf7+ wins the black queen. And otherwise I think the queen is trapped.
A simplistic line would be …
Rxa7 Rxa7
Bg5 Qxg5
Nxf7 Rxf7
Re8 mates
No time to compute the variations
after white’s Rxa7
Wow, after playing around with Ng7 for about 30 minutes, and then looking for about the same amount of time at variations of Nf7, it suddenly dawned on me that black’s queen was a bit uncomfortable and that Bg5 and Nf7 would be more powerful if only black couldn’t take with his f7 rook. This immediately suggested the right solution:
1. Ra7! Ra7 (or lose a piece)
2. Bg5
The secondary reason for Ra7 is that black can’t take with the queen at d4- this was the problem I kept running up against with earlier versions of my analysis:
2. …..Ra1 (Qg5 3.Nf7 +-)
3. Qa1 Qd4 (Qh5 4.Bd1!)
4. Qc1 and white has a decisive material edge.