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White to move and win :)

White to move and win :)

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white moves and wins.

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h3 defending the crucial g4 square?

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How about Na3 intending Rb1.

Or maybe there is something better... 😉

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Nc3 is possible too.

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Got it.

1. Qxe6+! fxe6 2. Bh4+ Ke7 3. g6 Bxg6+ 4. Ke7 Rf7 5. Ke8 Rg7#

Or..

1. Qxe6! Ne7 2. Qxf7#

OR..

1. Qxe6! Qe7 2. Qxd5 and white is winning

EDITS: Damned Notation 😉

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How about Qxe6+. If Black doesn't take the queen, then Qxd5 is winning anyway. If Black takes the queen, then Bh5+.

Edit - Followed of course by Rxf7, then Rg7#, I guess.

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No. no. ok. I made up my mind. Kh1!! wins outright, getting off the dangerous diagonal preparing for Rg1 and it's mate like in 8 moves or something. Yea. That must be it.

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Originally posted by bosintang
Got it.

1. Qxe6+! fxe6 2. Bh4+ Ke7 3. g6 Bxg6+ 4. Ke7 Rf7 5. Ke8 Rg7#

Or..

1. Qxe6! Ne7 2. Qxf7#

OR..

1. Qxe6! Qe7 2. Qxd5 and white is winning

EDITS: Damned Notation 😉
Correctomundo...now try finding that in a 5/0 game. 😀

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Black to move and win. 😉

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Edit: My bad 🙁

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Originally posted by kenan
[fen]8/5P2/6pk/p1p1pQ2/1b2P1K1/1P1pP1N1/7q/8 b - - 0 1[/fen]
With White's Q already hanging, Black can go for 1...Qh5+ 2.Qxh5+ gxh5+ 3.Kf3 c4 4.bxc4 a4. The a-pawn is too far away to be stopped.

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
With White's Q already hanging, Black can go for 1...Qh5+ 2.Qxh5+ gxh5+ 3.Kf3 c4 4.bxc4 a4. The a-pawn is too far away to be stopped.
OK. At least mine is a little more worthwhile than the original question. 😛

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Originally posted by kenan
OK. At least mine is a little more worthwhile than the original question. 😛
Yeah, it's neat that Black's best move is not to take a hanging Q with check, but rather hang his own Q with check!

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Yeah, I would not even bother to write the fen for the original post. No offense to tomtom. 😛

Anyway, this is very neat, black to move and win again. (You have 5 minutes Swiss.)

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