White to move. How should white proceed/
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White to move. How should white proceed/
R3Q3/1p4p1/1P3p1p/4p1kq/4P3/p1r3P1/5PK1/8 w – – 0 1
f2-f4
Piece of cake.
1. f4+ Kg4
2. Qd7+ f5
3. Qd1+ Rf3
4. Qxf3#
or if 1. … exf4
2. Ra5+ Rc5
3. Rxc5+ f5
4. Rxf5+ Kg4
5. Qxh5#
1 f4+ Kg4 ( 1…e:f 2 Ra5+ ) ; 2 Qd7+ f5; 3 Qd1+ and wins.
f4+ is obvious and strong.
If f4+ exf then Ra5+
If f4+ Kg4 then
Qd7+ f5 forced
Qd1+ Rf3
QxR mate
f4+ pxp
Ra4+++
Seems like another move that should almost play itself:
1. f4! ef4 (Kg4 below)
2. Ra5 and black can delay the mate with moves like Rc5 and f5, but the white rook keeps taking, and eventually Qxh5 will mate the black king.
At move 1, it does black no good to move the king:
1. f4 Kg4
2. Qd7! and there is no answer to the twin mating threats of Qf5 (if black blocks with the queen) and Qd1 followed by Qf3 if black blocks with the f-pawn at move 2.
1, f4+ (a) exf
2. Ra5+ f5
3. Rxf5+ Kg4
4. QxQ#
1. … (b) Kg4
2. Qd7#
Are these puzzles getting easier? I’m not getting smarter.
Mark
1.f4+ Kg4
2.Qe6+ Qf5
3.Qxf5#
1.f4+ exf4
2.Ra5+ Rc5
3.Rxc5+ Kg4
4.Qxh5#
1.f4+ exf4
2.Ra5+ Rc5
3.Rxc5+ f5
4.Rxf5+ Kg4
5.Qxh5#
1.f4+ exf4
2.Ra5+ Kg4
3.Qxh5#
Oops! I missed a resource for Black.
1.f4+ Kg4
2.Qd6+ f5(not Qf5)
and white is now in deep trouble as
there are no more useful checks and
black is threatening his own mating
attack. Oh! What to do? What to do?
Instead of 2.Qd6+ let”s try:
2.Qd7+ f5
3.Qxg7+ Qg5
4.fxg5 Rxg3+
5.Kf2
and I don’t see black recovering from
such a deficit.
1. f4+, black lost