White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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1.Re8! Rxe8 (1…Rxd7? 2. Qxf8+ +-)
2.dxe8N+ ! (2.dxe8Q? Qxd6) Qxe8
3.Qxc7 +-
Qxf8
Re8 is an obvious move to consider here, but there is a catch with the black king off the 8th rank:
1. Re8 Re8 (Qg5 2.d8Q wins too)
2. d8N!
Necessary to underpromote. If white promotes to a queen, black takes the queen at d6 rather than e8. The knight fork bags the rook at c7 and wins the game.
1.Re8! Rxe8 2.dxe8=N+ And White wins.
Hint :
It’s a rook move overloading the black queen!…
Re8
..Rxe8 dxe8=N+ Qxe8 Qxc7 +-
..Rxe8 dxe8=N+ Kf8 Qxd8 +-
..Qxe8 dxe8=N+ Rxe8 Qxc7 +-
..Rxd7 Qxf8+ Kf6 Rxd8 +-
..Qxd7 Qxf8+ +-
..Qf6 Qxf8#
QxR8ch-QXQ, Re8=Q–QXQ
How often does this nice trick occur in serious games? I’m afraid to say not so many times, comparing with a back rank mate or a Légal’s manoeuvre. Still impressive, though.
1. Re8! Rxe8 forced!
2. dxe8=N+! Qxe8 or K move,
3. White grabs rook on c7 and ends up a rook up! 1-0
Re8 Re8 2. de:=N+!! Q:e8 Q:c8
3. Q:c7, rather
K×f8 then what?
1. ♖e8 ♜xe8
2. dxe8=♘+ ♛xe8
3. ♕xc7.
Re8!
1. Re8 Rxe8 2. dxe8N+ Qxe8 3. Qxc7 1-0
One could instantly be attracted to 1. Qxf8+?, however it follows:
1. … Kxf8!
2. Re8+ Qxe8
3. exe8=Q+ Kxe8
and white has gained nothing, just lost a pawn.
1.Qxf8 is a blunder.Correct is 1.Re8,forcing black’s reply Rxe8. White cannot reply d7xe8=Q , as Black would reply 2…Qxd6 , when the extra pawn -which is also a passed pawn-gives black a clear advantage.
So,after black plays Rxe8 ,the decisive move for White is d7xe8 = N check.After Black replies Qxe8 (any K move drops the Q to Qxd8), White replies Qxc7 and has a winning material advantage of R for pawn.
I have already seen 6 remarks.So I am supposed to have got clue from them.Anonymous at 4:26:00 AM is right.
1.Re8! Rxe8 (what else?)
2.dxe8=N+ Qxe8
3.Qxc7 and wins.
Re8 looks the move. If rxe8 then Qxc7 as after qxc7 dxe8 (knight)ch wins. But if after Qxc7 black moves his rook to say f8 how to continue? I guess Ra7 would win or Qe5ch then Ra7 but no immediate win though without a board I may have oveooked something.
Re8 looks the move. If rxe8 then Qxc7 as after qxc7 dxe8 (knight)ch wins. But if after Qxc7 black moves his rook to say f8 how to continue? I guess Ra7 would win or Qe5ch then Ra7 but no immediate win though without a board I may have oveooked something.
To me, it looks like 1.Re8 Rxe8 2. Qxc7 Qxc7 dxe8=Q does it.
1Re8 & knight promotion do the trick
Re8 ch & knight promotion do the trick
It may be tempting for white to get greater deal after
1.Re8 Rxe8
by 2Qxc7 expecting 2… Qxc7 3.dxe8=N+ Kf8 4.Nxc7 when white will be R and N up.
However he will get a rude shock when black plays 2… Re1+!!
Prof Bhat is right. So Re8 rxe8 and white wins with dxe8(knight)ch as in earlier comments
Cortex,
The entire “trick”, including the underpromotion, probably occurs rarely. I have played probably close to 100,000 games of chess online in the last decade, and am pretty sure I have never seen this entire motif in any of those games. However, the first move of Re8 is a kind of move that is so common, it occurred to me instantly with no thought at all.