Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Wednesday chess challenge


White to move. How should White proceed?

Source: ChessToday.net (The best online daily chess newspaper)
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25 comments:

Morsa said...

1. Rg3! Qe7 2. Rg8!+- winning the queen. If 1. ... Qe1+ 2. Kh2 and there is no way to avoid the checkmate.

Anonymous said...

Wow, this is a nice one: 1.Rg8+! Rxg8 2.Qc3+ Rg7 3.Qc8+ and wins. Black appeared to have everything covered but not quite.
Beelze

Anonymous said...

It doesn't work.

Anonymous said...

I think
R-g8+ Rxg8
Q-c3+ Q-e5
Qxe5+ R-g7
Q-e8

Anonymous said...

I was looking at
1. Rg8+ RxR
2. Qc3+ Rg7
3. Qc8+ Rg8
4. QxR ++

Yancey Ward said...

I see a mate in 5, unless I am really, really brain dead today..

1. Rg8 Rg8
2. Qc3 Rg7
3. Qc8 Qe8
4. Qe8 Rg8
5. Qg8#

Sveinn Arnarsson said...

Rg8 - Rxg8
Qc3 - Rg7
Qc8 ???

aam said...

1. Rg8+ Rxg8
2. Qc3+ Rg7
3. Qc8+ Rg8
4. Qxg8#

Ivan said...

I think Morsa´s line doesn´t work because after 1. Rg3 black can play 1. ... Qd4, defending the checkmate and threatening Re1+.

The winning move is Morsa´s number two, but it must be played immediately:

1. Rg8+!! Rxg8
2. Qc3+!


and now white either checkmates
2. ... Rg7
3. Qc8+ Qe8
4.Qxe8+ Rg8
5. Qxg8++

or wins black´s queen and bishop, after black´s best defensive move:
2. ... Qd4
3. Qxd4+ Rg7
4. Qxd3 (+-)

Shahzad said...

1. Rg8+! RxR
2. Qc3+ Rg7
3. Qc8+ Rg8
4. QxR++

Rafiq Islam Rime said...

1. Rg8+ Rxg8 2. Qc3+ Rg7 3. Qc8+ Rg8 4. Qxg8#

Mike Coffin said...

Qc3

Anonymous said...

1.Rg8+! Rxg8 (forced)
2.Qc3+ Rg7
3.Qc8+ Rg8
4.Qxg8#

yeti said...

1. Rg8+,R*R
2. Qc3#

Anonymous said...

1. Rg8+ Rxg8
2. Qc3+ (very mean) Rg7
3. Qc8+

and finito

Anonymous said...

1. Rg8+ Rxg8
2. Qc3+ Rg7
3. Qc8+ Rg8
4. Qxg8#

Anonymous said...

1.Rg8+ Rxg8 2.Qc3+ followed by mate.

gerard said...

1 Rg8+ Rxg8 2 Qc3+

tadman said...

x. Qc3

tadman said...

X. Qc3

daechine said...

I would try Rg8+ Rxg8 Qc3+ Rg7 Qc8+..

Anonymous said...

Qc3 looks good, threatening mate and protecting e5.

Anonymous said...

1. Rg8+ Rxg8 2. Qc3+ Rg7 3. Qc8+ and mate coming.

Anonymous said...

1. Rg8+ Rxg8
2. Qc3+ Rg7
3. Qc8+ 1-0

Anonymous said...

As Ivan pointed out, only 1. Rg8+ forces a response. 2. Qc3+ does not force a single response. Black can opt for a slower death by 2. ... Qd4