White to move. Does White have a sufficient attack? How should White proceed?
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White to move. Does White have a sufficient attack? How should White proceed?
White should play E7
1. Rxd4 Qxd4 (1. … Rh7 2. Qg4+ Kh8 3. Be5+ etc.) 2. Be5 1-0
I’d play instantly Qg5!+, then R sac followed bij Be5+. It seals the deal.
1. Rxd4!
If 1…Qxd4
2. Be5 (threatening 3. Qh8#).
If something like 1…Rg7
2. f6 forcing more material loss for black.
Rxd4 Qxd4 Be5 and whites wins then with Qh8#
1. Rxd4 Qxd4
2. Be5!
Threatening Qh8#
Rxb & Be5
Bd6 seems powerful?
1. Rxd4 and 1. Be5
If 1. … Rh7
2. Nf6+ Rf6
3. Rg3+ and wins.
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1. Rxd4 and 1. Be5
If 1. … Rh7
2. Nf6+ Rf6
3. Rg3+ and wins.
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1. Rxd4 and 1. Be5
If 1. … Rh7
2. Nf6+ Rf6
3. Rg3+ and wins.
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R X d4! Q X d4
Be5!
My immediate thought was 1. Rxd4, Qxd4; 2. Be5. But after 2. … Qxe5+; 3. Nxe5, Rxf5, is White’s attack really that strong? Black has 2 Rooks, Bishop, Knight and four pawns versus Queen, Knight, and five pawns. Black is attacking both the Knight and the b pawn, and doesn’t seem in immediate danger. White is attacking with the Knight and Queen, but Black has both Rooks and the Bishop defending a lot of the key squares. After 4. Ng6, for example, Black simply responds with … Rh7.
The advanced e pawn and the connected and passed pawns on the g/h files may be worrisome long term, but Black has some long-term threats as well, particularly if White’s b pawn falls.
What am I missing?
Rd2-e2 followed by e7 seems to be winning very nicely. Not much Black can do.
I am still working on this one, but I see the comments have started to appear. Like the first group of commenters, I also was interested in Rxd4 followed by Be5- however, I am not convinced white wins:
1. Rd4 Qd4
2. Be5 Qe5!
It is easy to overlook this move by just assuming the loss of the queen is decisive, but I have been unable to find a convincing winning line for white after black gives jer up. Of course, if black doesn’t give up the queen, it does look like mate to me. Continuing:
3. Ne5 Rf5!
And how can white win this now? The literal best I see here for white is now to play Qh4:
4. Qh4 Re5! (any better?)
5. Qg3 Kh7
6. Qe5
And, I think white has some modest chances to win this, and is in little danger of winning, but it is clear that just saying 1.Rd4 +- is not sufficient depth of analysis.
1. Rxd4 Qxd4 2. Be5 attacks the black queen and threatens mate with follow up to 3. Qh8#. The only problem with this is 2…Rh7, which prevents the queen to accessing the h8 square.
Everyone seems to think that white is clearly winning after:
1. Rd4 Qd4
2. Be5
since white threatens mate unless black give up the queen. But, Black is fine after giving up his queen with:
2. … Qxe5+!
now after:
3. Nxe5
black can get rid of the dangerous connected pawns with:
3. … Rxf5
now black has two rooks and a bishop for the the queen. White does have:
4. Qh4
simultaneously attacking black’s knight on a4 and threatening to win black’s rook on f5 with a fork. Black has to give something up, so…
4. … Rxe5
5. Qxg3+
It turns out this is an older puzzle from 2012. Usually, I can find them in my notes pretty easily if the puzzle seems familiar, but this one eluded me this morning since I had very poor file name.
I thought today and in 2012 the right approach was to push f6 on the first move:
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2012/05/attacking-chess-tactic_12.html