Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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Rc6
Rd1 Qxc7
Rxe1++
Rd1 Rxd1
Qxg3+ Kf1
Rf2+ Ke1
Qg1++
nice easy problem.. thanks i didnt feel like thinking to hard 😉
Rd1
rd1, rxd1.. qxg3, kf1, rf2+!.. ke1, qg1 mate
Incomplete/incorrect solution.
rc6 followed by qxg3
1. … Rd1
if
2. Rxd1 Qxg3 with mate in a few moves
if
2. Qxc7 Rxe1++
1… Rc6 2. Bh7+ Kh7 3. Qf5+ g6 4. Qf3 and the black mate is stopped but white is down a piece and his King is open to attack.
1…Rd1 threatens both 2… RxRe1# & Qxg3 leading to mate.
1…Rd1 threatens both 2… RxRe1# & Qxg3 leading to mate.
1.. Rd3
2. Bxd3 Qxg3+
3. Kf1 Qg2#
or
2. Qxc7 Rxg3+
3. Kf1 Rf2#
So White must guard f2, by either
2. Qf5, but then Qa7+
or
2. Re2, but then Rd1+
rd1
Qd8
Rc6 just deepens the problems.
Rd1
Rd1
Rd1
Rd1
Rc6 met by Rb8 Qxb8 QxRc6
Rc3 wins for white
1.Rd1 or Rc6 both best move
Rd1 looks better….
1…Rd1! wins immediately. If 2.Qxc7 Rxe1 mate, and if 2.Rxd1 Qxg3+ and mate next move.
Kamalakanta
After 1. -, Rd1 the defence 2. Rxd1 leads to mate in another 3 moves: 2. -, Qxg3+ 3. Kf1, Rf2+.
Is there any sufficient defense against the threats 2. -, Rxe1# and 2. -, Qxg3+?
I do not see one, so I’d say white is lost after 1. -, Rd1!
If there is another defence or another line I overlooked someone made better than me and posted it already.
Greeting to the chess world out there
Jochen
Rd1
1. … Rd1
2. RxR Qxg3+
3. Kf1 Rf2+
and
4. QxR QxQ#
or
4. Ke1 Qg1#
1. … Rd1
2. RxR Qxg3+
3. Kf1 Rf2+
and
4. QxR QxQ#
or
4. Ke1 Qg1#
1. … Rd1
2. RxR Qxg3+
3. Kf1 Rf2+
and
4. QxR QxQ#
or
4. Ke1 Qg1#
1. … Rd1
2. RxR Qxg3+
3. Kf1 Rf2+
and
4. QxR QxQ#
or
4. Ke1 Qg1#
1. … Rd1
2. RxR Qxg3+
3. Kf1 Rf2+
and
4. QxR QxQ#
or
4. Ke1 Qg1#
1. … Rd1
2. RxR Qxg3+
3. Kf1 Rf2+
and
4. QxR QxQ#
or
4. Ke1 Qg1#
1. … Rd1
2. RxR Qxg3+
3. Kf1 Rf2+
and
4. QxR QxQ#
or
4. Ke1 Qg1#
1. … Rd1
2. RxR Qxg3+
3. Kf1 Rf2+
and
4. QxR QxQ#
or
4. Ke1 Qg1#
1. … Rd1
2. RxR Qxg3+
3. Kf1 Rf2+
and
4. QxR QxQ#
or
4. Ke1 Qg1#
1. … Rd1
2. RxR Qxg3+
3. Kf1 Rf2+
and
4. QxR QxQ#
or
4. Ke1 Qg1#
1. … Rd1
2. RxR Qxg3+
3. Kf1 Rf2+
and
4. QxR QxQ#
or
4. Ke1 Qg1#
Hmm. 2 ways to go
To Jochen @6:22 and others:
1… Rd1 has (an insufficient but as yet unexplored) defence by way of 2. Kf1. Now 2… Qxf3 doesn’t work because white mates first by 3. Qc8+. What I think should happen is:
1… Rd1!!
2. Kf1 Rxe1
3. Kxe1 Qxg3+
and NOW whatever white does, there seems to me is a forced checkmate without allowing white to try anything on his own.
Interesting observation by the latvian.. i wanted a quick solution and didnt explore all the variations. ill show you that the inevitable comes slower but it comes nonetheless…
Rd1+
Kf1 Rxe1+
Kxe1 Qg3+
Kd1 Nf2+
Kc1 Nd3+
Bxd3 Qe1++
Rd1+
Kf1 Rxe1+
Kxe1 Qg3+
Kd1 Nf2+
Kc1 Nd3+
Kb1 Qe1+
Qc1 Qxc1++
Rd1+
Kf1 Rxe1
Kxe1 Qg3+
Kd1 Nf2+
Qxf2 Rxf2
This also leads to mate. Its important that you keep the b8 square covered with your queen that why i chose Rxf2.