White to move. How shoud White proceed?
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White to move. How shoud White proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
1. Q:h5+ wins.
1…. gh 2. Rg7# or 2. Rh6#
1…. Kg8 2. R6:g6+ N:g6 3. Rg:g6+ Kf8 4. Q:h8#
Qxh5+ then either gxh5 and R6xh6# or Kg8 R6xg6 Nxg6 Qxg6#
1. Qxh5+ gxh5 2.Rh6++
1. Qxh5+
If
1… Kg8
2. Rxg6+ Nxg6
3. Rxg6+ Kf8
4 Qxh8#
If
1… gxh5
2. Rh6#
Now, if only I could get a position like this during one of my games…
1. Qxh5+ Kg8
(1. .. gxh5 2. Rh6#)
2. Rcxg6+ Nxg6 3. Qxg6+ Kf8 4. Qg7+ Ke8 5. Qxh8#
1. Qh5+ Kg8 (gxh5 2. Rg7#)
2. R(any)g6+ Ng6
3. Qg6+ Kf8
4. Qg7+ Ke8
5. Qh8#
1. Qxh5 Kg8 (otherwise Rh6#)
2. Rxg6 Nxg6
3. Rxg6 Kf8
4. Qxh8#
Quick one:
1. Qxh5+!! Kg8 (1… gxh5? 2. Rg7#)
2. Rgxg6+ (or R6xg6+, shouldn’t matter)
2… Nxg6 (the f7 pawn is pinned)
3. Rxg6+ Kf8
4. Qxh8#
1.Qxh5+ Kg8
(1…gxh5 2.Rg7#)
2.Rcxg6+ Nxg6
3.Qxg6+ Kf8
4.Qg7+ Ke8
5.Qxh8#
Qh5+, because of mate on Rh6.
Nice!
Since Rc6 and Nf5 are both hanging, white must find something very special to survive this.
Natural to try a Q sack, and then we find both g6 and f7 being pinned:
1. Qxh5+! Kg8 (gxh5?? Rg7#)
2. Rcxg6+! Nxg6
3. Rxg6+ Kf8
4. Qxh8#
Then I start wondering what the previos moves may have been, and then I can see that Susan has shortened this puzzle!
Black Q must have been on e7, when white started a mate in 6 combination with:
1. Nf5!! Qd7 (gxf5? Qxh5#, a Q sack could delay by one move)
1.Qh5 plays itself:
1. Qh5 Kg8 (gh5 2.Rg7#)
2. Rg6 Ng6
3. Rg6 Kf8 (f7 is pinned)
4. Qh8#
1Qxh5+ gxh5
(1…. Kg8
2Rxg6+ Nxg6
3Qxg6+ Kf8
4Qg7+ Ke8
5Qxh8#)
2Rg7# or 2Rh6#