White to move and win.
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White to move and win.
1.Ng5 …
2.Re8+ Qxe8
3.Qg7#
OR
1.Ng5 Re6
2.Rxe6 Qxe6
3.Qg7#
Basically , once queen gets out of the 7th rank,its game over.Whatever black plays,it is dead.
1. Ng5 Rc8 then?
Re8
Rook sack followed by mate by queen.
Rook sack followed by mate by queen.
Re8+ Qxe8
Qg7#
re8+
Re8+ then whatever black plays Qg7+
RE8
Re8 Kf7
Qg7#
1.Re8+! Qxe8 2. Qg7# ( if 1 ..Kf7 2. Qg7#)
1.Re8+! Qxe8 2. Qg7# ( if 1 ..Kf7 2. Qg7#)
1.Re8+.Kf7
(If 1…Qxe8?.2.Qg7#!)
2.Qe5..Qxe8
(If 2..Re6.3.Rxe6!.Qxe6. 4.Ng5+!. and 5. Qxe6 and mates shortly)
3.Ng5+.Kf8/g8
4.Qg7#
Ne5..
Te3-f8+ -DXT8
Dd4-G7++
Re8+
if …Qxe8 or Kf7 then Qg7#
Here I tried for a long time to make the obvious looking 1. Re8+ work, but couldn’t. Black simply plays Kf7, planning either Kxe8 or Qxe8 on the next move.
Then I tried the smart(?) looking 1. Ng5, but black sees my intentions and plays Rc8.
Finally I had to try the stupid looking:
1. Ne5! c1=Q?? (alternatives below)
2. Nxd7! Qc3
Enforced against Qg7# because of Kf7?? Qxd5#!!. This took me some time to see. And there isn’t Rc7 either.
3. Rxc3 Kf7 (only against Qg7#)
4. Rxc6
So after 1. Ne5, it’s clear that black must move his queen before he can take a new one.
1. Ne5 Qc7 (any better?)
2. Nxc5!! c1=Q (now enforced)
3. Re7! Qc3 (Qxe7 Nxe7)
4. Qxc3 bxc3
5. Rxc7 c2
6. Nxa5
If I’m right (I’m not 100% sure of course) then “quickie” is perhaps ironically meant??
Because the knight fork Ne5 is seen by everyone (and instantly played by beginners), but it is almost impossible to believe that it works?
Right now it seems to me that this goes:
1. Ne5 Qc7
2. Nxc6 c1=Q
3. Re7 (Ne7? Qc3! Rxc3 Qxc3) Qxc7
4. Nxc7+ Kf7
5. Qg7+ Ke6
6. Qxh7
and white looks better, though this is still complicated.
Ne5
1.Re8+ Kf7
2.Rh8
Ng5
1. Ne5 threatening mate at Rc8+. Qx C8 does not work as there is mate at g7.
Kf8 will not work as there is mate at Qh8+
Re6 loses a piece immediately.
2. RC8 (There is no other option), Qf6 there is no defense to this and the game is lost.
pht,
1. Ne5? Nb5! is the line you should be looking at. I don’t have time to do the full analysis of it, but after just a couple of minutes of thinking about it, I don’t see white has any edge, and may well be losing now. I think white will have to drop the queen back to stop c1Q, but then will regain the queen on Nxd7. After that, I can’t really say much.
Quickie? I dunno… I think HarryH has a very nice solution with the followup 1.Re8+ Kf7, 2. Qe5(!) which isn’t an obvious move. I think we just have to add a variation for 2…Re6, which breaks communication between White’s Q & R so that after 3.Ng5+ simply Kxe8. But the obvious RXR instead of Ng5+ looks like it wins. If Black’s Q retakes, then the Knight check is also a fork. The other thing to look at is for Black to ignore the capture and try something else like Queening his pawn c2-c1=Q.
1. Re8+ Kf7
2. Qe5 Re6
3. Rxe6 Qxe6 White has mate threats that are realized after a move such as 3…c1=Q, 4. Ng5+ and either 4…Kf8, 5. Qh8# or 4…Kg8, 5. Re8+
4. Ng5+ Ke7 4…Kf8 (the only move that doesn’t expose Black to an immediate check) still fails because after 5. Qxe6 mate at f7 is threatened
5. Qxe6+ Kd8
6. Qe1 …. If nothing else, White simply keeps the pawn from Queening with an easy win.
By the way if 1. Ng5 as some suggested then what if simply …Rc8?
– Craigaroo
Of the lines posted, I like Harry’s the best:
1. Re8 Kf7
2. Qe5
And I think this will win. However, I am partial to 2.Rh8 here- it threatens Rxh7+ in key lines and gives white the passed h6 pawn as another weapon. But a win is a win.
sheesh, pht may be right and that the simple Knight fork 1.Ne5 may work. I haven’t figure it out though and I was starting to look at the desperado move 1…Rc4 in reply
1. Ne5 Rc4
2. Nxc4 c1=Q Can’t figure it out quickly because I can’t play chess 🙁
Craigaroo
What am I missing? I immediately thought 1.Re8+ Kf7 2.Qh8 was the solution.
This looks familiar. Isn’t it
1.Re8+ Kf7
2.Rh8!
0-0-0
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1. Re8+ Kf7
2. Ng5+ Kxe8
3. Qh8#