White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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1. Ne6! fxe6 (1. … Qe7/h6 2. Qc8+ Qf8 3. Qxf8#) 2. Qc8+ Kg7 3. Qf8#
Ne6 and black can just resign this mess:
1. Ne6
And what can black do? The g7 square is taken from black’s king, so Qc8 is deadly threat, and if black takes at e6: [1. …fe6 2.Qc8! Kg7 3.Qf8#]. I don’t see a defense where black doesn’t lose the queen in addition to being down two exchanges.
Also,
1. Ne6!! Nxg3+! ( 1… Qe7? 2. Qc8+ Qf8 Qxf8# ) (1… Qd8? 2. Nxd8 +-) (1… fxe6? 2. Qc8+ Kg7 3. Qf8#) ( 1… h6? 2. Nxg5 +-)
2. Rxg3! { 2. hg?? Qh5+! 3. Kg2 (3. Kg1 Qh2#) Qh2+ 4. Kf3 Qxg3+ 5. Ke4 f5+! 6. Rxf5 gf+ 7. Kxf5 Ne3+!! 8. Ke4 (8. Rxe3 Qg6# ) Qg4+ 9. Kd3 (9. Nf4 Qxf4+) Qxc4+ 10. Kxe3 Qc1+ 11. Kf2 Qxa3 -+ } Qe7
3. Qc8+ Qf8
4. Qxf8#
Marcelo
Ne6 with Qc8 to follow. There is no defense to either decisive material loss or mate.
1. Ne6 attacks the black Q and threatens 2. Qc8#, black must play 1…fe, but then 2. Qc8+ will be followed by Qf8# once black gives away a bunch of material.
Ne6 seems to be the path to victory?
Ke6
Ke6
Pretty obvious seems
1. Ne6!
followed by Qc8+ and Qf8#.
Taking or not taking the N sack seems to make little difference, I see no reasonable move for black, other than delaying sacks.
Ne6 should win easily?
Ne6!
1.Ne6
The immediate threat to black Q is irrelevant but it prevents black K from going to safety and it prevents black Q from going to e8.
1…. fxe6
2.Qc8+ Kg7
3.Qf8#
1Ne6 wins quickly
Let’s try:
1. Ne6
threatening the Black queen and also 2. Qc8 leading to mate.
If Black takes the knight:
1….f7xe6 then
2. Qc8+ leads to mate with Qf8++
Even Black trying to check the White king with his knights only delays the end:
1…Nxg3+
2. Rxg3 and the Black queen is still under attack and the mate threat is still there.
Similar results from
1….Nf2+
2. Rxf2, and nothing has basically changed.
If the Black queen moves, say to e7, then
2. Qc8+ leads to mate as well, since 2…Qf8
3. Qxf8++.
Even 1… Bg7 does not help against 2. Qc8+
Ne6 looks encouraging as it covers g7 and threatens Qc8 and then Qf8 which is still a threat even after fxe. And fxe is not played then Qe7 also fails to the same idea.