White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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Rc8 looks good.
Rc8 to remove the defender of the R@f7.
Black is clearly better here, no?
1. Rc8 1-0
Rc8
1. Rc8, Nf6 (Qxc8 loses to Qf7#, the rook cannot be moved due to Qg8#, Bd8 will only lose by Rxd8 and be in the same position. King g8 loses to Rxe8+, N or Bf8 and Qxf7 taking all the pieces)
2. Rxe8+, Kxe8
3. Qxf7+, Kd8 and Black can delay the game
RC8.
Rc8
if Qh8 isn’t allowed, then Rc8 will eventually deflect the black queen from the defense of f7.
1. Rc8 builds up some pressure.
rook in c8 ?
Rc8 and black is finished.
1. Rc8,
pinning the black queen,
threatening
2. Qxf7#.
Cutting the rook with
1. … Qxc8
is no defense against the above threat.
Moving the black rook anywhere
allows
2. Qg8#.
The last resort is to interpolate
a black piece between the white
queen and the white bishop. The
only way to do that is
1. … d5,
in which case
2. Bxd5
renews the threat.
Conclusion: there is no defence
against 1. Rc8.
1 Rc8 wins comfortably.
1. Rc8
1. Rc8 does it!
Rc8
1Rc8 wins.
delaying tactics:
1…… d5
2Bxd5 Bd8
3Rxd8 Kg8
4Qxe8 Nf8
5Qxf8#
To :LepreChaun
Dear sir/madam,
Strike out whichever is not applicable and make necessary changes in your profile if necessary.
Hi Susan Polgar,
If it’s Sunday,then its understood as,play simple games more on week ends – lol,but why on Monday ?Cool.
Anyway White wins the game.
Example One
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1.Rc8 Nc5
2.Q*Rf7++ Mate
Example Two
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1.Rc8 d5
2.B*d5 Nf6
3.Q*Rf7++ Mate
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]
Hi Susan Polgar,
Second post for this puzzle.
In my previous post,I was saying about this puzzle’s title and its easiness – by the by,please update this day’s [ Tuesday ] puzzle.
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]
To Anon @10:29 –
Well, black is “clearly better” only in a material sense, in that he has a minor piece and four pawns extra. But this superiority in forces pales in comparison when you look at the positional advantages white has – much superior mobility, the bishop pair, the complete control of the a2-g8 diagonal and the mate threat on f7.
So white combines all his advantages into one knock-out blow:
1. Rc8!!
Black is toast. His queen has been immobilized now, thereby making f7 the immediate vulnerability for black. He has no escape from the various mating attacks that white has. He cannot take the rook, and cannot defend f7 at all, so the only option is to run:
1… Kg8
Now white can choose to checkmate black via either 2. Rxe8+ or 2. Qxf7+. Both lead to 4-move mates.
Ravi,
After 1.Rc8, Nf6 doesn’t prevent 2.Qxf7# because the black queen is pinned by the rook at c8. Also in your line where the black king tries to run to g8 instead of taking the queen with the rook, a simpler solution would be:
1.Rc8 Kg8
2.Qxf7+ Kh8(queen is pinned)
3.Qg8+ Qxg8
4.Rxg8#
this variation avoids the interposition of either the Knight or Bishop on f8 🙂