Tactics Laboratory #8
White to play and win!
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Tactics Laboratory #8
White to play and win!
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I couldn’t resist….1. Ng6+ Nxg6 2. Qxh7+ Kxh7 3. Rh5 mate or
1….Qxg6 2. Qxd8+ mate-in-1.
It is easy to lose faith here if you try to do the queen sacrifice
without first playing 1. Ng6+ since Black’s threats along the d-file
are a bit strong.
It is interesting to note that by the arrangement of pieces and
nature of the threats, this position arose possibly from a position
where Black’s King and Knight were on g8, and c6/d7. White’s
Knight was on d5. The position may have played 1…Ne5
attacking white’s Bishop on c4 2. Ne7 double check and
discovery 2….. Kh8 only move and then the solution above
continues play as 3.Ng6+ Nxg6 4. Qxh7+ Kxh7 5. Rh5 mate. If
the position I mention was correct, can White also win with 2.
Nf6+? The answer is yes, but Black can stop a quick mate by
responding to 2. Nf6 with 2…Kf8 but he will lose his queen upon
discovery by the move 3. Ne4+ Peace…
Incidentally, this position is one of the “level 20” problems on CT-Art (levels go from 10 to 90). I wonder where this position first appeared, do you know what game it is from (if any)?