White to move. How should White proceed?
r1r4k/2q3bp/n2p4/4pPB1/pp1p4/1Q6/P3N3/1K1R3R w – – 0 1
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White to move. How should White proceed?
r1r4k/2q3bp/n2p4/4pPB1/pp1p4/1Q6/P3N3/1K1R3R w – – 0 1
Always check it might be…
always check it might be…
1. Rxh7+ Kxh7 ;
2. Rh1+ Bh6 ;
3. Rxh6+ Kg7 (3…Qh7, 4. Bf6#) ;
4. Rg6+ Kh8 (4…Kf8, 5. Qg8#) ;
5. Qh3+ Qh7 ;
6. Bf6#
Alternatively,
1. Rxh7+ Kxh7 ;
2. Rh1+ Bh6 ;
3. Rxh6+ Kg7 ;
4. f6+ Kf8 ;
[Or: 4. Bf6+ Kxh6; (4…Kg8, Rh8#)5. Qh3#]
5. Rh8#
Take-away message: If you have more pieces attacking the enemy camp than the number of the enemy camp’s defending pieces, tactics are always in the air.
~Jeremy T.K.L.~
1. Rxh7 Kxh7
2. Rh1#
There seems to be a fairly easy win by R takes H pawn. Plenty of forced moves after that, but I would need a board to do it properly
1. ♖xh7+ ♚xh7
2. ♖h1+ ♝h6
3. ♖xh6+ ♚g7
4. ♖g6+
4. … ♚f8
5. ♕f8# or ♖f8#
4. … ♚h8
5. ♗f6+
5. … ♚h7
6. ♕h3#
5. … ♛g7
6. ♕h3+ ♚g8
7. ♖xg7+ ♚f8
8. ♕h8#
1. Rxh7+! Kxh7 2. Rh1+ Bh6 3. Rxh6+ Kg7 4. Rg6+ Kf8 (4. … Kh8 5. Qh3#) 5. Rg8#
1) Rxh7+, KxR
2) Rh1+, Bh6
3) RxB+, g7
4) pf6+, f8
5) Rh8#
1. Rxh7+, KxR
2. Rh1+ mate
I neglected to consider the possibility of 2… Bh6 in a previous post. Here is the corrected line:
1. Rxh7+ Kxh7
2. Rh1+ Bh6
3. Rxh6+ Kg7
4. f6+ Kf8
5. Rh8#
Rxh7,, 🙂
1.Rxh7+Kxh7
2.Rh1+Bh6
3.Rxh6+Kg7
4.f6+Kf8
5.Rh8#
Of course, we have to look at:
1.Rxh7 Kxh7, 2. Rh1 Bh6
then it just takes a little bit of visualisation skill to ensure we have a win in one or other of the obvious forcing lines. In this case:
3.Rxh6+ Kg7 4.f6+ Kf8 5.Rh8#
The most obvious move first 🙂
1. Rxh7+ Kxh7
2. Rh1+ Bh6
3. Rxh6+ Kg7
4. Bf6+ Kxh6 (if Kf8, Rh8+ checkmate)
5. Qh3+ checkmate
Even this works:
4. Rg6+ Kh8
5. Qh3+ Qh7
6. Bf6+ checkmate
1.Rxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Bh6 3.Rxh6+ Kg7 4.f6+ Kf8 5.Rh8#