White to move. How should White proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Reykjavik chess tactic
About Author
White to move. How should White proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
Sf6+ ! 🙂
Nf6ch. The combination wins the Rook and picks up the Bishop too.
Hmm, black has put his pieces in a precarious spot. Nf6+ seems promising
Nf6+ Kh8 Qh7#
Nf6+ Kf7 Nxe8 Kxe8 Qg6+ Ke7 (Kd7 Rd1!) Re1 threatening Nf5+
Nf6+ hxf6 Qg6+ Kf8 Qxh6+ Ke7 Qh7+ Rf7 Re1+
I guess I don’t see a clear cut mate but the black king’s pawn shelter will be gone, there”s threats on the bishop and threats of skewering the queen.
Cf6+, followed by Dg6+
Nice simple tactic.
1. Nf6 Qf6
After playing through every alternative, this is actually the best reply, but still losing. I will cover the other options below. Continuing:
2. Rf6 Nd7
Here, gf6 is noticeably worse: [2. …gf6 3.Qg6 Kf8 (3. …Kh8 4.Nh5 Re7 5.Nf6 with mate in two unstoppable) 4.Qf6 Kg8 (4. …Bf7 5.Rf1 with unstoppable mate in 1 or 2 moves) 5.Nh5 and I don’t see how you stop the mate that is coming]. Continuing:
3. Rf2 and white has a queen for a bishop and a pawn. There might be a quick mate here on a a move like 3.Rh6, but I am not quite seeing it right now, so 3.Rf2 is my consolidating move.
Back at move 1, black clear does worse with the alternatives to giving up the queen:
1. Nf6 Kf8 (or Kf7)
2. Ne8 Ke8 (Kg8 3.Nc7 or 3.Nf6)
3. Qg6 Ke7 (Kd7/d8 4.Rad1)
4. Rad1 Qb2 (or exchange for rook)
5. Rf7! Bf7
6. Qd6 Ke8
7. Qd8#
Or
1. Nf6 gf6 (Kh8 2.Qh7#)
2. Qg6 Kf8
Of course, Kh8 is no better: [2. …Kh8 3.Qh6 Kg8 4.Qg6 Kh8 5.Qe8]. Continuing:
3. Rf6 Ke7
Here, Qf6 leads to the line discussed in my note after black’s second move in the main line, which seemed to be a mate. Continuing:
4. Re6 Kd8
5. Qe8 Kc7
6. Re7 and there is likely mate, but I see no reason to devote any more time to this.
1. Nf6+ gxf6 2. Qg6+ Kf8 3. Rxf6+ winning
Black is underdeveloped and White has a strong attack.
1. Nf6+ looks like it picks up at least the exchange after 1. … Kf8 2. Nxe8+ 3. Kxe8 and the attack continues. 1. … Kh8 is mate after 2. Qh7# while 1. … gxf6 allows 2. Qg6+ Kh8 (2. … Kf8 3. Rxf6+) 3. Qxe8+
Nf6+ wins material for white, for example:
1. Nf6+ gxf6
2. Qg6+ Kf8
3. Rxf6+ Ke7
4. Rxe6+ Kd7
5. Qxe8+
greets, jan
1. Nf6+ (a) gxf
2. Qg6+ Kf8
3. Rxf6+ QxR
4. QxQ+ Kg8
5. Qg6+ Kf8
6. Rf1+ Ke7
7. Nf5+ that’s enough
1. … (b) Kh8
2. Qh7#
1. … (c) QxN
2. RxQ gxf
3. Qg6+ etc etc
Mark
1. … (c) QxN
2. RxQ gxf
3. Qg6+ Kf8
4. Qxf6+
1Nf6+ gxN 2.Qg6+ Kf8 3Rxf6+ and nothing but misery and mate in near future.
Ce4 – Cf6+ if king goes to h8 is mate
if he goes f8 he looses the rook and also takes a check.
if knight its taken then queen checks
and rook can come along to help and capture more pieces along with some checks