White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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I suspect there could be something even better, but Qc8 seems quite sufficient, as black’s queen cannot cover both a8 and d8.
As Lasker used to say : when you see a winning move, don’t bother looking for a better one.
1. Qc8 1-0
1. Qc8
Qc8 seems pretty obvious to me.
Am I missing something.
Pretty easy to spot Qc8. The rook has nowhere to go, and if black protects a8 with Qe4, white just queens the pawn.
1. Qc8
1. … Rxc8
2. Pxc8(Q)
or
1. … Qe4
2. d8(Q) Rxc8
3. Qxc8
1. Qc8, threatening
2. Qxa8
1. … Rxc8
2. dxc8Q
1. … Qe4
2. d8Q Rxc8
3. Qxc8
Qc8
1.Qc8! (Wins the Rook). If,
1….RxQ 2.dxR=Q wins.
If
1….Qe4 2.d8=Q wins.
Nobody’s mentioned 1. Qe5+
Houdini rates this as >1 better than Qc8 and it points to a way to win rather than just ‘a rook up’ as with 1. Qc8.
See Cheesebomb!
To Anon previously, not just ‘a better move’ needed but ‘a better way to win’. Lots of human opponents would play on!! I think I’ve learned something important from this pos.!!
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I’ve been looking at Qe5+ and find it slightly better because i see more ‘room’ foor black to blunder into a mate. Especially if he wants to save his rook by moving his king to h6. Anyways, the rook will fall and whites Q is positionally far better on the diagonal a8-f3 then on c8. But, in both cases (Qc8 or Qe5) it will be game over. If there’s somtehing more to discover, i’ve surely missed it.