White to move. How should White proceed?
2R4n/4r1pk/6p1/3Pp1pP/p2bBr2/1p3P2/P3K3/2R5 w – – 0 1
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White to move. How should White proceed?
2R4n/4r1pk/6p1/3Pp1pP/p2bBr2/1p3P2/P3K3/2R5 w – – 0 1
Rxh8+
RC8 x Nh8 +
K x Re8
RC8 +
KH7
p x G7 +
KH6
RH8++
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1. Rxh8+ , Kxh8
2. Rc8+ , Kh7
3. hxg6+ or Bxg6+ , Kh6
4. Rh8#
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White has mate: 1. Rxh8+ Kxh8 2. Rc8+ Kh7 3. hxg6+ Kh6 4. Rh8#
1. Rxh8 Kxh8
2. Rc8+ Kh7
3. hg Kh6
4. Rh8#
I think the solution goes as follows, for example:
1. Rxh8+ Kxh8
2. Rc8+ Kh7
3. hxg6+ Kh6
4. Rh8+ mate
Black’s piece’s can’t coordinate to ward off the back rank attack.
1. Rxh8+ Kxh8
2. Rc8+
Black’s rooks can make some ineffective blocks, but Black will have to play … Kh7 eventually, after which hxg6+ will yield Rh8#.
White has a forced win:
1.Rxh8+ Kxh8
2.Rc8+ Kh7
3.Bxg6+ Kh6
4.Rh8#
or
3.hxg6+ Kh6
4.Rh8#
Black can prolong his game for
two additional moves by interposing
his rooks at e8 and f8 when white
checks at c8, but the white rook just
takes each one in turn with check.