Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Aeroflot rapid tactic

White to move and win.

Source: ChessToday.net

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rxa6

Richard Schwartz said...

1. Rxh6+ Bxh6 (Bh7, Qxh7#)
2. Qe4+ Qf3 (Bg7,Qh5+,Bh6,Qxh6+,Bh7,Qxh7#)
3. Qf3 Qxf3+
4. Bg7 Qh4+,
5. Bh6 Qxh6+
6. Bh7 Qxh7#

Ravi said...

1.Rxh6+ Bxh6
(1...Bh7 2.Qxh7#)
2.Qe5+ Bg7
(2...Qf6 3.Qxf6+ Bg7 4.Qh4+ Bh6 5.Qxh6+ Bh7 6.Qxh7#)
3.Qh5+ Bh6 4.Qxh6+ Bh7 5.Qxh7#

Anand Gautam said...

Isn't white winning anyway? :)
1. Rxh6+! Bxh6
2. Qe5+ Bg7
3. Qh5+ Bh7
4. Qxh7+ checkmate

Vishnu Vardhan Reddy. G said...

1.Qg6! wins.
Worst is, 1....Qf6 2.Rxh6+ wins the Queen.
1....Qf8 2.Qxc6 and White gradually pushes the pawns to promotion and wins (As the blacks Pieces have limited mobility).

Oleg Mezjuev said...

1. Rxh6+ Bxh6 2. Qe5+ Qf6 3. Qxf6#

pht said...

1. Rxh6+ Bxh6 (Bh7 Qxh7#)
2. Qe5+ Qf6
3. Qxf6#
Rapid indeed, only writing down the solution took time:-)

Anant said...

1. RXh6+ BXh6
2. Qe5+ Bg7
3. QXe7#

James I. Hymas said...

1. R:h6+ B:h6
2. Qe5+ Bg7
3. Qh5+ Bh6
4. Q:h6+ Bh7
5. Q:h7#

Oleg Mezjuev said...

Correction to my previous post.

1. Rxh6+ Bxh6 2. Qe5+ Qf6 3. Qxf6+ Bg7 4. Qh4+ Bh6 5. Qxh6+ Bh7 6. Qxh7#

Ein Steppenwolf said...

1. Rh6+ Bxh6
2. Qe5+ Bg7
3. Qh5+ Bh6
4. Qxh6+ Bh7
5. Qxh7#