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Monday, 26 November 2012

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White to move

In a rapid chess game White missed a forced winning line here. Is your tactics good enough to find it?

Comments (5)

	1. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 15:20 26 íîÿáðÿ 2012 ã.
	Q-f3 wins

	2. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 23:11 26 íîÿáðÿ 2012 ã.
	Amateur I think, in this kind of position a forced winning line for White requires constant threats of mate etc. The main line as I see it runs as follows: 1.RxR+ RxR 2.Rd1 RxR+ (If 2... Rc8 3.Rd7 and with best play White should win) 3.QxR (threatening mate) Qf6 4.Qd7 (threatening mate again) a5 5.Nc6 (again) bXN 6.Qxc+ Ka7 7.QxB+ etc and White wins.

	3. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 03:12 27 íîÿáðÿ 2012 ã.
	Amateur Sorry, the main line I just presented carries obvious inaccuracies. If the line is correct, it should run as follows: 1.RxR+ RxR 2.Rd1 RxR+ 3.QxR (threatening mate) Qf6 4.Qd7 (threatening mate)a5 5.Nc6 (threatening Qc8+ mate)bxN 6.Qc8+ Ka7 7.Bb8+ Kb6 8.Bc7+ Ka7 9.Qb8+ Ka6 10.Qa8+ Ba7 11.Qc8+ mate

	4. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 22:36 27 íîÿáðÿ 2012 ã.
	Amateur After 1,RxR+ RxR 2.Rd1 RxR+ I wrote that if 2. ... Rc8 3.Rd7 and with best play White should win. I think 3.Rd7 is a weak move, wasting precious time. Correct is, in my opinion, 3.Qd2 with an interesting continuation: 3. ... Nf6 4.Qd8 Rb8 5.QxR+ KxQ 6.Nc6++ Kc8 (or Ka 7.Rd8+ mate.