White to move. How can White save this game? No computer analysis please.
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E:60 Chelsea Baker
The best player on the Plant City Little League Team, is a 13- year-old girl named Chelsea Baker. Taught the knuckleball by Joe Niekro, Chelsea has not lost a sanctioned game in four years.
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My first thought would be a mating attack starting with Bf7:
1. Bf7 Kf7 (Kf8 2.Rd7 any 3.Ne6#)
2. Rd7 Kf8 (Kg8 3.Ne6 any 4.Rg7#)
And I have to admit, it took me a while to see the next move here. I spent most of my time trying to make Ne6 and Bg5 work. I now think Ne6 loses after Ke8 (if there is a win or draw for white, I am blind to it), and Bg5 looked good for a while, but then I found Bc4 for black and ran into a wall I couldn’t solve after 20 minutes. Finally, I started looking at non-obvious moves and found
3. Rf6! Nf6 (Kg8 4.Ne6 any 5.Rg7#)
4. Nh5 and regardless of which way the king goes, 5.Nf6 is mate.
Girl Power,
When I first played Little League, the best player in the league was a girl named Jackie (I forget her last name after 33 years). She could outhit, outrun, and outfield any other player.
1. Nf5 Nxh6
2. Nxh6+ Kg7
3. Rd7 Rhf8
4. Bxf7 Bc8
5. Re7 h1=Q
6. Bg8+ Kh8
7. Rxh7#
1. Rxa6?