White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
(1) Rxa7 Rxa7
(2) Rxa7 Qxa7
(3) Qc8+ Kg7
(4) Qg4+ winning the bishop
1.Ra7-Ra7 2.Ra7-Ra7 3.Qg4-Bg7 4.Qc8-Bf8 and blacks pawns will fall one by one. (please inform me if my analyses are incorrect. thanks)
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Once one can see the double attack with the Queen on g4 it is simple.
1. RxR RxR
2. RxR QxR
3. Qc8+ Kg7
4. Qg4+ Kf8
5. Qxd4
As always, look for a piece on an unprotected square and search for a double attack.
1. Rxa7, Rxa7
2. Rxa7, Qxa7
3. Qc8+, Kg7
4. Qxc6
And white wins a pawn with a stable advantage. That’s my guess 😀
1.Txa7 Txa7 2.Txa7 Dxa7 3.Dc8+ Kg7 4.Dg4+ and blacks bishop falls. Black can get a pawn for the bishop by taking on f2 right after Txa7.
Nice catch in this one.
1. Rxa7 Rxa7
2. Rxa7 Qxa7
And now? 3. Qg4+ Kf8 4. Qxd4? No! I missed 3…. Bg7 first time, after which white has nothing to really look forward to. The missing link is 3. Qc8+! after which the game will proceed 3…. Kg7 4. Qg4+ Kf8 5. Qxd4 and white emerges a minor piece up.
Doubletreat theme:
1. Rxa7 Rxa7
2. Rxa7 Qxa7
3. Qc8+ Kg7
4. Qg4+ and finally qxd4 winning a piece…
Change both rooks, then Qc8+ Kg7; Qg4+ and capture the black bishop
Rxa7
I’d go for 1.Rxa7 Rxa7 2.Rxa7 Qxa7 3.Qg4 Kf8 4.Qxd4. The immediate 1.Qg4 works as well I suppose, but it seems easier to trade the rooks first.
PdV
Quite easy, forced moves are:
1.Rxa7 Rxa7
2.Rxa7 Qxa7
3.Qc8+! Kg7
4.Qg4+! Kf8
5.Qxd4
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Don’t know if anything’s even better, but 1.Rxa7…Rxa7, 2.Rxa7…Qxa7, 3.Qc8+…Kg7, 4.Qg4+ and black is down a bishop after 5.Qxd4
Xavier john is correct. Many others does not see that black can play Bg7 after Qg4+