White to move. How should White proceed?
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First pawn g6, then a queen check and it is good night black!
g6 followed by Ne5 & and after dxe5 Qc4+
the idea is to block the king’s escape route f7
1. ke5 de 2. g6 qxg6 3. qc4+ and rh8#
not so sure about 1. g6 for example 1… qxg6 2. ne5 qxh5 3. rxh5 de
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Does anyone see a problem with 1 Qc4? It threatens 2.g6 without allowing Qxg6.
How about 1. Qc4+ and if
1.-Bd5 2. Qxd5 Qxd5 3. g6 +-
if 1.-d5 2.Ne5! Qxe5 3. g6 +-
Not Qc4 Qxc4 g6 Qf1+ Rxf1 Re8 and Black’s King escapes via f8-e7.
Ouch, you are right. Hmmm .., what if 1. Ne5 first then? Seems like “zugzwang”. If 1.-dxe5 then 2. g6 Qxg6, and after 3. Qc4+ black has neither 2.-d5 and or 2.-Qxc4.
ne5-dxe5
qc4+bd5
qxd5-qxd5
g6
First Ne5 and then g6