White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
1Bg6+ fg6 2 Rxr rxr 3Qg7 mate
1Bg6+ fg6 2 Rxr rxr 3Qg7 mate
Bg6 fxg6
Rd8
1)Bxg6! fg6 2)Rxd8
1.Bxg6 Qh6 2.Bxh6 Rxd13.Rxd1
what else??
Can’t see any defence to 1. Bxg6!!
Bishop takes g6
Bishop takes g6
Bishop takes g6
1. Bxg6!! fxg6 forced since white is threatening mate in one
2.Rxd8 and all other move is hopeless eg ..2.Rxd8 looses to Qg7 mate while Qh5 looses to Rxg8 as well .
Bg6 literally plays itself (that rook at d8 looks tasty):
1. Bg6! fg6 (options below)
2. Rd8 with mate to follow.
At move 1, black still gets mated with
1. …..Rg6
2. Rd8 Qf8
3. Qf8 Rg8
4. Qg8#
Black can defuse the mate threat at h7 by giving up the queen at h5, but I have to believe white still has a forced mate in there somewhere, though I can’t see it right now (huge material edge in any case)
1. Bxg6, threatening Qxh7#.
1. … Rxg6
2. Rxd8+ Rg8
3. Qg7#
1. … fxg6
2. Rxd8, threatening Qg7#.
1. Bxg6 hxg6 (otherwise Qxh7#)
2. Rxd8 Rxd8
3. Qg7#
1.Bxg6 fxg6 2.Rxd8 Qf8 ( How do you stop Qg7#? )3.Rxf8 Rxf8 4.Qxf8+ Bg8 5.Qg7#
White wins by attacking the king’s position aggressively. By taking the pawn at g6 with the bishop white threatens mate by Qxh7, so black must answer that threat; but look what else happened when the bishop moved. The d-file openned up and revealed an attack by the white rook on the black rook 😀
1.Bxg6 fxg6
2.Rxd8
and black is helpless against the mating threat Qg7. The only move to counter this is Qf8, but Rxf8 renews the mate threat.
Black could try to sack the Queen at f2, hoping for white to err and capture the Queen with his Rook which would allow Rxd1+ and black could put up some resistence:
1.Bxg6 Qxf2+
2.Rxf2 Rxd1+
3.Rf1 Rxf1+
4.Kxf1 Rxg6
and white is now facing a Queen and 6 Pawns vs. a Bishop, Rook and 5 pawns. Not an easy task for either side. Instead of interposing the f2 Rook try moving the King out of check.
3.kh2 Rxg6
attacks the Queen and now the black pieces have aquired more active positions with both Rooks and the Bishop aimed at the white King. All of these variations can be stopped by recapturing the black Queen with the King rather than the Rook
1.Bxg6 Qxf2
2.Kxf2
Now there is no capturing the d1 Rook with check, so the mate threat at h7 has to be answered. Capturing at g6 with either the f-pawn or the Rook gets the same response; Rxd8 with mate on the next move with Qg7. Black could delay the inevitable by checking on d2, but white just captures at d2 with his own Rook and the game will continue as above.
I know this posting is a bit late, but I noticed in the other postings no one tried the Queen sac at f2. I guess many of our fellow posters are of sufficiently high rating and ability that they might consider it a pointless effort, but players at my level sometimes have to play desperation moves hoping for an inaccuracy, as I think I’ve demonstrated above.