White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
Simple.
Ng6, Rxe8 and Qxg7. It doesn’t what black moves in this sequence. 🙂
I think 1.Ng6+ does the job. If the Knight is taken then RxN+ reveals the mate threat on g7…
1. Ng6+ , fg6
2. Rxe8+, Rxe8
3. Qxg7 mate
Erik Fokke
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Its mate in three: 1. Ng6+ …, 2.Re8+ …, Qg7#
1 Ng6+ anymove,
2 Rxe8+ any move,
3 Qxg7#
1Ng6+ 2RXN 3 Q Xp mate
1. Nxf7+!
Moving the king is answered by 2. Rxe8+, Bf8, 3. Nh6+, Kh8 4. Qxg7#
1. … Bxf7
2. Rxe8+ followed by mate on g7.
White mates in 3 with:
1.) Ng6+ Bxg6 (hxg6; fxg6) 2.) Rxe8+ Rxe8 (Bf8; Kh7) 3.) Qxg7#
@jdalberg..n need of Nh6+..Qg7 mates directly
No, 1. Nxf7+ is met by Qxf7 and no mate. it is 1. Ng6+
(hxg6 or fxg6 or Bxg6 or Kg8 are the only legal moves) then 2. Qxg7#!
Ng6+ seems to be better than Nxf7+
to jdalberg: I think Ng6+ is more fun!
1. Ng6+ Bxg6/fxg6
2. Rxe8+ Rxe8
3. Qxg7#
greets, jan
Doesn’t Q takes knight put a damper on your variation? I think Ng6 works a bit better.
1. Ng6+! followed by 2. Rxe8+! is mating.
1.Ng6+ BxN (or hxN, or Kg8) 2.RxN+ Bf8 (or RxR) 3.Qxg7++.
Very nice puzzle!!.
Starting with a knigt check is pretty obvious, since it unmasks the two threats Rxe8+ followed by Qxg7#.
I can’t see how black should defend against this.
I would start with Ng6+.
Nxf7+ looks pretty equal, but could take a bit longer due to queen sacrifice from black.
1.Ng6+ any
2.Rxe8+ any
3.Qxg7# (note that 2…Bf8 doesn’t protect the g-pawn as it is pinned)
Nice and easy!
@jdalberg. Right idea, wrong move. As many people are about to point out…
1.Nxf7? 2.Qxf7 (only move)
2.Bxf7 Nf6 (probably the only move) covers the immediate mate threat.
White can continue to win material with Bxh5 or even better, Qxf6!! and neither can be taken back without mate.
Yes, Black loses a lot of material, but Black was far ahead at the start. After this, I’m not sure who is winning: certainly I’d prefer to be playing White. Except that I’d be kicking myself after the game for missing the easy win 😉
Ng6# followed by R#e8# and Q#g7 mate looks pretty simple. Too easy Susan.
1. Ng6+ hg
2. Re8+ Kh7
3. Qg1++
1. … fg
2. Re8+ Qf7 or Re8
3. Qg1++
1. … Kg8
2. Re8 and Qg1++
Nxf7+ does not work because of Qxf7.
Instead Ng6+ with mate to follow after the K moves or the N is taken.
1.Ng6+… 2.Rxe8+…. 3.Qxg7#
1.Ng6+! fxg6 (or Kg8)
2.Rxe8+ Bf8/Qf8 (or Rxe8)
3.Qxg7#
Nxf7+ is met by Qxf7
1.Ng6+ followed by 2.RxN leaves mate at 3.Qg7.
Nxf7? is followed by Qxf7, Ng6+ is the right way forward :o)
Let’s try:
1. Ng6 any
2. Re8 any
3. Qg7#
All forced moves.
1.Nbxc7 Nexc7 2.Neg6+ Bxg6 3.Qxg7# – White WON; very easy tactic….
1Ng6+ any move
2Rxe8+ followed by
3Qxg7#
1Ng6+ any move
2Rxe8+ …..
3Qxg7#
1. Ng6+
is mate in 3
1. Nxf7+ Qxf7
2. Bxf7 Nf6
3. Qxf6 Tg8
there is no immediate mate
I believe that the correct order of moves is 1. Ng6+! (Nxf7 allows Qxf7 protecting the g7 square)..
Thereafter 2. Rxe8+ and 3. Qxg7 are winning….
jdalberg,
1. Nf7 Qf7!
2. Bf7 Nf6
And, from here, about the best I see for white is to take at f6 (the queen is immune due to the mate threat):
3. Qf6 Rg8 (Bf8 4.Qf5+-)
And, now, it is very, very complicated as white has two men and the queen under attack. The best way to unravel this mess seems to me to be to play
4. Qh6 Bf7 (anything else here?)
5. Re4
The point of of Qh6. White threatens Rh4, on which black will have trouble finding a defense due to the pins on the g and h pawns. If there is a better defense here for black than Rae8, I am not seeing it:
5. …..Rae8
6. Re8
I spent quite a bit of time on this line, but 6.Rh4 doesn’t seem to work any longer. I will include that line below, but will continue with the above:
6. …..Be8
7. Nc7 Bf7 (Bg6? 8.Ne6! #s in 3)
8. Ne6 Be6 (forced)
8. Qe6
And, I think white has an actual edge here (has won a queen for a rook and knight and pawn), but it is not clear to me how easy this will be to win.
The last loose thread here is the line I mentioned back at move 6 for white:
6. Rh4?! Re1
7. Kh2 Bg1 (Bd6? 8.Nd6 wins)
8. Kg3
Here, obviously, Kh1 will either draw by repetition, or transpose to the line below. Continuing:
8. …..Re3 (only move?)
9. Kg4
Here, Kf4 probably loses to Nd3+, but I didn’t do a complete analysis of this subvariation. Continuing:
9. …..Be6
Here, 9. …Re4+ followed by 10. … Rh4 might be sufficient to draw this for black, but Be6 looks a bit better to me in that it might actually be able to give black an edge. Continuing:
10.Kh5
Forced since Kg5 probably loses to Rg3+. Continuing:
10. ….Bf2 (Bf7 11.Kg4 Be6=)
11. Rf4
Here, Rb4 is complicated, but black has multiple threats after 11. …Rg3+ such as Rf8 since the rook at g3 will now guard g7. I don’t think white survives, but I have not done an exhaustive analysis. Continuing:
11. ….Re2 (anything else?)
I am going to stop here since this is just getting way to speculative this deep in, and I don’t want to spend any more time since this just keeps branching into too many subvariations. I would only say that I think white must play 12.Rf2 here to not get mated.
Of course, Ng6 starts a mate in 3.