White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
1. g4 the rook is meat!
rook to E3
1. Re3 Rxg5
2. g4!
and 3. Rh3 is coming.
Black must give up his rook.
1. g4, Rxg5
2. Kg2
A tricky puzzle but the answer is surprisingly simple. It is noted that the queen at e6 controls the enemy king’s retreat at g8 and there is a straight forward mate if White puts a Rook along at the H-file.
Therefore
1. Re3 should be fastest way for the Rook to arrive at the H-file to give check.
The key is calculate what to do after 1…. Rxg5
(1…. Qxg5??
2. Rh3+ and Black loses the queen to prevent mate)
The answer is 2. g4!
The queen at e6 protects the g4 pawn and Black cannot prevent mate without losing a piece.
1. g4 Rxg4
2. Kg2
and the threat of 3. Rh1+ wins a rook.
1. g4? can be answered by 1. … Qxg5!, but 1. Re3! forces 1. … Rxg5 and then 2. g4! looks winning.
Rh3 with mate to follow. Black has a lost game, not merely a piece.
1 Re3 R:g5; 2 g4! wins
(1 g4 Q:g5; 2 Re3 Q:g4+; 3 Rg3 Qh5; 4 Kg2 R:f2+!! -+)
Gabriele Mileto
Re3
1. g5 Qxg5
2. Kg2 Qxg4+
3. Kf1 Rf8!
1.Re3! Rxg5 2.g4! and white is winning!