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A position from today's Oxford vs Cambridge Varsity match:
White to play and win
See http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7230
Joined 12 Nov '06 Moves 74414 Qb7 threatening mate with Qh7 and Qxe4.
I think Black has a resource to save the game then. I don't have an engine on my home computer at the moment so I can't check!
Qb7 Re7
e4
Joined 06 May '08 Moves 42492 same idea as above. Get Queen to h7. So Qb1 works.
Quarantined World
Joined 27 Oct '04 Moves 87415 1. Qb7 a) 1. ... Qf5 2. Qxe4 (and not 2. Rxe4? Qxc2+!) b) 1. ... Rxc4 2. Qh7#; c) 1. ... Qe6 2. Qh7+ c1) 2. ... Kg4 3. Rxe4+ wins the queen. c2) 2. ... Qh6 3. Qxh6+ and 4. Rxe4 or 3. Qxe4 both look good. d) 1. ... Qf3 2. Qh7+ Kg4 3. Qh3# e) 1. ... Qe2 2. Qh7+ Kg4 3. Rxe4+ wins the queen. f) 1. ... Qd1, Qd7, and Qc8 don't do anything to help g) 1. ... Kh6 2. Rxe4 or Qxe4 both look winning.
Edit: Same move as Knightstalker. Hmm.
Quarantined World
Joined 27 Oct '04 Moves 87415 2nd attempt:
Qb1 - the rook is threatened with capture, if it moves white either has checkmate on h6 or black's queen.
Edit: It makes for a good problem. The problem with Knightstalker's and my initial solutions is something that comes up every now and again. I've had things like that happen in games.
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White to play and win
07 Mar '15 22:201 edit
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