White to move. Can you find the best continuation for White in 10-15 seconds?
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White to move. Can you find the best continuation for White in 10-15 seconds?
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Easy. Qd7 threatening Rh7 checkmate. Black resigns. 3 seconds.
Yeah, Anon @ 2:44 – only that you got it wrong. So maybe not that easy?!
Of course, 1.Qh3+ Qh5 2.Rh7+! Kxh7 3.Qxh5 is the proper way to conclude this attack.
Beelze
1. Qh3+, Dh5
2. Rh7+ K:h7
3. Q:h5+ and wins.
I rather thought it was Qh3+ when Qh5 Rh7+! Kxh7 Qxh5+ (pin on g pawn by B ) wins.
After Qd7 it seems black can defend with nf6
That doesn’t work. Black can simply play Nf6 to stop the mate.
Qd7 is not the best move. Qh3+ is the strongest move, following by Rh7+
Qd7 is not the best move. Qh3+ is the strongest move, following by Rh7+
Qd7 is not the best move. Qh3+ is the strongest move, following by Rh7+. 15 seconds
1 Qh3+, Qh5
2. Qd3+ Qg5
3. Rh7+ Kxh7
4, Qxg5
I think 1.Qh3+, since after 1.- Qh5
2.Rh7+ Kxh7 3. Qxh5+ black cannot take the lady.
i did it
1.Qh3+ Qh5
2.Rh7+ Kxh7
3.Qxh5+ Kg7
4.Qxg6+ winning
Qh3 Qh6
Qd3 Qg6
Rh7
Arctic Knight
Qh3+ Qh5
Rh7+ Kxh7
Qxh5
qh3+, black queen blocks on h5, then Rh7+, KxR, now qxh5 because the pawn is pinned.
Qh3+, Q interposes.
Rh7+. K x R
QxQ+ *Pawn is pinned.
Black’s Queen threatens a strong position at c1. Keep it away from there.
1. Qh3+ z Qh5
2. g4
Black’s queen is pinned. This should eventually become a W win assuming they can handle Black’s Queen side pawns.
1. Qh3+ Qh5
2. Rh7+ Kxh7
3. QxQ (And the pawn is pinned so black can’t recapture)
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Took me a bit more than 15 seconds, but not too much more.
1. Qh3+ Qh5
2. Rh7+ Kxh7
3. Qxh5!
White wins a queen for a rook.
Brad H.
it took me a minute or so, but
1. Qh3+ Qh5 forced
2. Rh7+ if KxR then
3. QxQ and black can’t take back since the pawn is pinned.
2. if …Kg5, then
3. RxQ
1. Qh3 Qh5
2. Rh7 KxR
3. QxQ
🙂
Qh3+ Qh5 Rh7 1-0
OOps 2 Qe3 not Qd3
1. Qh3+ Qh5
2. Rh7+
And you’ve got yourself a queen
I think…
1.Qh3+ Qh5
2.Rh7+ Kxh7
3.QxQ
In less than a minute.
1. Qh3+ Qh5
2. Qe3+ Qg5
3. Rh7+ Kxh7
4. Qxg5
Qh3 Qh5 Rh7. About 10 seconds (poor Tanya. I’m her fan)
1. Qh3+ Qh5
2. Qe3+ …if Qg5 then rook to h7+ winning the black queen
if Pg5 then rook to h7 mate.
Qd7 must have been that Vidmar J.A. Laffarty.
The move is Qh3 followed by Rh7 winning B’s Q.
1. Qh3 Qh5
2. Qe3 Qg5
3. Rh7 wins the queen for the rook.
Also, if
2. …g5
3. Qe6 leads to mate.
I saw Qh3 in about 5 seconds, but it took me a minute to work out the lines for certainty.
I think the strongest move is
1. Bxg6, because of the threat of 2. Rh7+ and Qh3+, and there’s no black pawn to control h5.
Qh3+ Qh5
Rh7+ Kxh7
Qxh5 wins queen
it’s so easy. Qd7. wait, that doesn’t seem to work. it’s okay. that took 3 seconds, leaving me with 7-12 seconds…
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the most forcing line i could find (in the time allotted) is:
1 Qh3 Qh5
2 Qe3
if 2…Qg5. 3 Rh7 Kh7 (forced), picks up the Q on g5.
if 2…g5 3 Rh7 mates
yes! and with 2.7 seconds left! time for a nap
1.Qh3+ Qh5
2.Rh7+ Kxh7
3.Qxh5+ wins
Regards, Gilbert
1.Qh3+ Qh5 2.Rh7+ Kxh7 3.Qxh5 1-0
7 seconds.
Hey, does anyone know how to email Judith? There is a great puzzle from a game that I played that would be great for the blog readers to try! Neither myself nor my opponent found the complete correct continuation, but it is crazy. It is at chessexpress.blogspot.com Sunday August 23