White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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Ned8+
Nice one. A little difficult to see.
1.Ne8+ Rxe8
[if 1..Kg8 2.Qf6 threatening mate unless 2..Qxd4+ 3.Qxd4 and black Q is gone]
[if 1..Kh7 2.Qh4+ Kg8 3.Nf6+ Kg7 4.Qh7#]
2.Qf6+ Kh6
[if 2..Kf8 3.Qxf7#]
[if 2..Kh7 3.Qxf7+ Kh6 4.g5+ Kh5 5.Qh7+ Kxg5 6.h4+ Kg4 7.Qxg6+ Kh3 8.Rf3+ Kxh4 9.Rf4+ Kh3
10.Qg2#]
3.Qf4+ Kh7
[if 3..Kg7 similar variation as above 4.Qxf7+ Kh6 5.g5+ Kh5 6.Qh7+ Kxg5 7.h4+ Kg4 8.Qxg6+ Kh3 9.Rf3+ Kxh4 10.Rf4+ Kh3 11.Qg2#]
4.Qxf7+ Kh6
5.g5+ Kxg5
6.Qf6+ Kh6
7.Rf4 Qb5 any move other than this would render mate due to 8.Rh4#
8.e5 Qe2
[if 8..Rxe5 9.Qh8+ Kg5 10.Qh4#]
9.Rh4+ Qh5
10.Qf4+ Kg7 and black loses the Q by
11.Rxh5 1-0
..quite an analysis huh, whew! lol
1. Ne8+, Kh7 (RXe8 loses to Qf6+, Kh7; QXf7+, Kh6 and White can mate the King with his Queen and Rook)
2. Qf6, Kh6
3. Qg7+, Kg5
4. Rf5+, Kh4 (Black cannot take the rook as it is pinned by the Queen at g7)
5. Qh6+, Kg3
6. Qf4+, Kh4
7. g5+, Kh5
8. Qg4#
Ne8+ Rxe8
Qf6+ Kh6
Qf4+ Kg7
Qxf7+ Kh7
Qxf8
Ne8+ Rxe8
Qf6+ Kh6
Qf4+ Kg7
Qxf7+ Kh7
Qxf8
I found Ne8+! But there’s still a variation in which White gains the exchange but no quick mate…
Material balance, but black pieces seem generally more active and better.
I have probably overlooked something, but only find a draw by repetition here.
Both after Ne8+ and Nh5+, black has the safe move Kg8, and only Nf6+ is possible, Kg7 repeats.
Other alternatives seem to loose…
An interesting position. After 1. Ne8+, Black has the choice of 1. … Rxe8 or 1. … Kh7
If 1. … Kh7 White can gain, as it were, a decisive tempo over the original position by playing 2. Qh4+ Kg8 3. Nf6+ followed by mate, 3. … Kg7 4. Qh7#.
If 1. … Rxe8, the rook has been deflected from protecting f7-square. Now it important that when the pawn on the f7-square is taken, it is taken WITH CHECK. So after 2. Qf6+ Kh6 White does not immediately take on f7, but plays instead 3. Qf4+
Black can now try either 3. … Kg7 or 3. … g5
3. … g5 leads to 4. Qf6+ Kh7 5. Qxf7+ Kh8 6. Qxe8+ Kg7 7. Qe7+ Kh6 8. Rf6#
3. … Kg7 leads to 4. Qxf7+ Kh6 5. Qxe8 Qxd4+ 6. Rf2 Ba6, and although Black has attained some counterplay, it is very short-lived.
Lucymarie
1. Ke8+
then
2. Df6 with Mate on g7…
N to D5,
It will force balck to move queen and at the same time clear a way for queen to move with support of Rook and Night.
Hi Susan Polgar,
Well,good puzzle.White wins the game.
Example
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1.Ne8+ Kg8
2.Qf6 R*Ne8
3.Q*f7+ Kh8
4.Q*Re8+ Kg7
5.Rf7+ Kh6
6.Qh8+ Kg5
7.Qf6+ Kh6
8.g5+ Kh5
9.Rh7++ Mate
White wins the game[ Variations exist but still white walks away with victory ]
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]
1.Ne8+
1. … Kh8
2.Qh6+ Kg8
3.Qg7#
1. … Kh7
2.Qh4+ Kg8
3.Nf6+ Kg7
4.Qh7#
1. … Kg8
2.Qf6 Rxe8
3.Qxf7+ Kh8
4.Qxe8+ Kh7 (or Kg7)
5.Rf7+ Kh6
6.Qh8+ Kg5
7.Qf6+ Kh6
8.g5+ Kh5
9.Rh7#
I said that I had probably overlooked something, and indeed:
1. Ne8+ Kg8 (was the most likely-looking answer to me)
2. Qf6!!
Both threats mate and prevents Qxd4+, and therefore also enforces Rxe8, and whites upper hand is now clear, since f7 is now taken with check.
Here, a non-checking move actually won a tempo!
This was what I overlooked!
If
1. … Kf7
2. Qh4+!
seems decisive.
If
1. … Rxe8
2. Qf6+ Kh6
3. Qf4+!
seems decisive.