White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
White wins a piece:
1. Rg8+ Kg8
2. Rxe8
If 1. … Kxh8, white gets the queen:
2. Nxg6+ Kg7
3. Nxe7
Rh8+
Rh8+
Rh8+
1. Rh8+!! Kg7
2. Q(R)xe8 1-0
1. Rh8+!! Kxh8??
2. Nxg6+ 1-0
Rh8+
1. Rh8+
1. … Kxh8
2. Nxg6+ and
3. Nxe7
1. … Kg7
2. Rxe8 and white is one knight up.
Rh8+
A. … Kxh8
Ng6+
B. … Kg7
Rxe8
wins the bishop.
rh8+, Queen exchange, fork.
Rh8+ KxR; Nxf6+,winning Q, since B is pinned
Rh8+
Rh8 jumps out immediately since KxR allows the knight fork from g6, and Kg7 allows the simple Q/Rxe8.
Yeah. Duh! I meant h8, not g8. No fair posting puzzles that I actually can solve so late at night that I can’t type! 🙂
Straightforward. Basically white rook checks, then horse forks queen and king to take queen.
For those chess players interested in life and death problems(wei chi), there are problems from 1347 AD called Xuan Xuan Qi Jing that examine attack, defense, and escape: tsumego.tasuki.org/books/xxqj.pdf
thanks, Zazen5
Too easy.