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White to move. White is down by a lot of materials. Can White hold on to this game? No computer please. See if you can calculate everything out 🙂
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  1. Anonymous Reply

    Hi,

    what about

    1. Bxe5+ dxe5
    2. Qf6+ Kg8
    3. Rg1+ Kf8
    4. d6
    5. Qh8#

    or
    1. Bxe5+ Rxe5
    2. Qf6+ Kg8
    3. Rg1+ Kf8
    4. Qxd6+ Re7
    5. Qh6+ Ke8
    6. Rg8+ Kd7
    7. Qc6#

    Jakob

  2. Anonymous Reply

    anonymous 9:12:00 PM —

    in your first variation black may have annoying checks on move 4: better seems 4.Qd6+, continuing as in your second variation

  3. Anonymous Reply

    nice puzzle susan! i like the ones i can actually solve. keep up the great work

  4. Prashant Reply

    Hi Susan. I have to agree with Jakob’s solution. This situation looks complex, but is actually the exact opposite. It’s easy for white to “finish” black.

    Keep up the great work!
    Prashant Waikar
    http://chess-mastery.blogspot.com/

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