White to move. How can White save this game?
1r3r1k/2R2p2/R5p1/p2Pp3/4P1Q1/5PP1/np4PK/2q5 w – – 0 1
Saturday chess tactic
White to move. How can White save this game?
1r3r1k/2R2p2/R5p1/p2Pp3/4P1Q1/5PP1/np4PK/2q5 w – – 0 1
Looks like Qh4+ followed by Rg6+ and mate on h7 works.
Rxg6!
Rxg6
1.Rxg6 and black is soon mated.
Rxg6
– fxg6 Qh4 / Kg8 Qh7
– Kh7 Qh5
1. Rxg6 should win. It threatens 2. Qh4+ with mate to follow. If 1…fxg6, then Qh4+ still leads to mate.
Rxg6!
Heavy pieces..Rook takes on g6 does the trick, mate to follow
1.Raxg6 2(a) If black moved… (i)…Qxc7 Qh5# 2(b) If black moved… (i)…fxg6 Qh4+ Kg8 Qh7#
Im new here but knowing that Whites saves the game it is no other possibility other than, as in the Lasker game,1.Rxg6.
Rxg6 wins.
…fg, Qh4ch..Kg8, Qh7mate.
Looks like a very simple line opening tactic, just need to check that Black can’t use the extra move to escape, mate White or get perpetual etc.
The basic idea is:
1.Rg6 fxg6
2.Qh4+ Kg8
3.Qh7#
A) Interpositions with 2.Qh6 Qxg6+ don’t change anything
B) Desperados using the b-pawn eg. 1…Qh1+, 2.Kxh1 b1=Q+ 3.Kh2 also change nothing
C) Ignoring the Rook also fails 1…Kh7 2.Qh5+ Qh6 3.Qxh6
I can’t see any other tries, so mate it is.
@rlsuth: (1.Qh4+) 1…Kg7 and (2.Rxg6+) 2…Kxg6 and you need to calculate some variations before claiming the win (eg. lines where Black gets to play …Rh8 and …b1=Q+ look very serious now). Switching the move order seems to prevent this problem.
Rxg6 followed by a Queen check on h-file
That won’t work if after Qh4+, black king moves to g7 instead of g8 as you have imagined.
R:g6 works…. Qh4# doesn’t
easy peasy.
1. Rxg6 threatens Qh4#
If 1. …fxg6, then 2. Qh4+ Kg8 3. Qh7#
Am I missing anything?
1. Rxg6 should win.
After 1.Rxg6 black cannot prevent
being mated. The immediate threat
is Q to the h-file check. The black
Queen can interpose on h6, but that
only delays the inevitable. Any move
that is not a check will allow mate.
1.Rxg6 fxg6
2.Qh4+ Kg8
3.Qh7#
if 2. …Qh6
3.Qxh6 Kg8
4.Qg7# or Qh7# or Rg7#
1.Rxg6 Kh7
2.Qh5+ Qh6
3.Qxh6#
If 1. …Qxc7?
2.Qh5#
1.Rxg6 Qh6+
2.Rxh6#
1.Rxg6 Qg5
2.Qh3+ Qh4/5/6
3.Qxh4/5/6#
1.Rxg6 Qg5
2.Rxg5 any
3.Q or R to h-file; mate.