White to move. How should White proceed? Does White have enough for the material sacrifice?
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Looks like 1.Rxc7 Qxc7 (forced or else mate on f7) 2. Re7!? gives white the upper hand. The check on c1 with the queen doesn’t do much except leave the d6 bishop hanging, and there’s no support for the bishop on c8 to pin the queen along the a8-h1 diagonal.
Black has to give up the queen and will have have two bishops, rook, and knight against queen and bishop. But black is badly coordinated and white will at least pick up some pawns or a piece if black isn’t careful.
Re7! threatening mate on f7…
1.Re7! Rxe7 2.fxe7+ Qxe7 3.Rxc8+ and wins
I think that’s messy.
1. Re7 Rxc1+
2. Kg2 Bb7
3. Rf7+ Ke8
4. Qxb7 Rc7 forces some exchanges.
Taking on g7 with check lets black take the rook on e7, and if queen takes the bishop on b7, then black can play Qc7.
1. Rxc7 was the first I analyzed but then I saw the clever 1.Rc6!
Here are the lines:
1.Rxc7 Qxc7
2.Re7! Qxe7
3.PxQ+ KxP
4. Qf7+ Ke8
5.Qxg7 and white has a queen and two pawns for black’s three pieces and I think white has a good advantage.
Now,
1.Rc6!
a)1……..Bc7
2.RxB BxQ
3.RxQ+ Kf7
4.BxB+ KxP
5.Rxh8 NxR (5…Rc1+ 6.Kg2 NxR 7.Rd6+ Kf5 (7…kg5 8.h5+ Kf5 (8…kg4 9.Bf3 Kf5 10.g4#)
8.Kf3! and mate can’t be stopped)
6.Rd6+ Kf5 (6….Kf7 7.Rc6+ wins; 6…..Kg5 7.h4+ kf5 (7…kg4 8.Kg2! wins)
7.f3! and I’m not completely certain but white should have some kind of mate. Anyway, I will check it out later.
Looks like 1.Rxc7 Qxc7 (forced or else mate on f7) 2. Re7!? gives white the upper hand.
1.Rxc7 Qxc7
2.Re7 Qc1+
3.Kg2
… looks okay for Black.
1.Re7! Rxe7 2.fxe7+ Qxe7 3.Rxc8+ and wins
1.Re7? Rxc1+
… as the next poster showed. Speaking of his analysis:
1. Re7 Rxc1+
2. Kg2 Bb7
3. Rf7+
Heck, just chop it off:
3.Rxb7
Black has several better possibilities at his second turn. Come on, admit it, the first move you looked at was 2…Qxe7 — and what’s wrong with it, anyway?
The bR on c7 is fixed there, so 1.Rc6 is possible, and if the bR moves off the c-file, the other wR comes into play on the c-file. So maybe:
1.Rc6 ~
2.Rxd6 Rd7
3.Rc1 … is worth looking at
I simply don’t know.
WCM Claudia Munoz
4th grade
womancandidatemaster.blogspot.com
How about:
1. fxg7+ Rxg7
2. Rxc8 Qxc8
3. Qxd6+ Re7 or Ne7
4. Qf6+
How about:
1. fxg7+ Rxg7
1.fxg7+? Kxg7
… gets Black off the hook, no?
Anonymous Anonymous said…
How about:
1. fxg7+ Rxg7
1.fxg7+? Kxg7
… gets Black off the hook, no?
Doh!
“chesscampeona said…
I simply don’t know.
WCM Claudia Munoz
4th grade”
Come on Claudia! Solve it for the Happy Meal!
This is a tricky puzzle.