White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
Whenever you storm a position, you have to pretty much take it for granted that you will have to sacrifice material. This attack is a great lesson from which to learn. There are so many different mating lines here, it would be cumbersome to give them all, but do play through all the variations with the pins, rook sacs and discovered checks. It’s very informative! 1.Rxh7 Kxh7 [1...Bxd4 2.Qxg6+ Rg7 3.Qe6+ Kf8 4.Rh8+ Rg8 5.Rxg8#; 1...Nf6 2.Bxf6 Rxf6 3.Rdh1 e6 4.Bxg6 e5 5.Bf7+ Kf8 (5...Qxf7 6.Rh8#) 6.Qxg7+ Ke7 7.Bh5+ Kd8 8.Rh8+ Rf8 9.Rxf8#; 1...e5 2.dxe6 Rf6 3.Rdh1 Rxe6 4.Qd5 Qd7 (4...Qf7 5.Rh8+ Bxh8 6.Rxh8#) 5.Bxg6 Rc7 6.Rh8+ Bxh8 7.Rxh8#] 2.Qxg6+ Kg8 3.Rh1 Nf6 4.Bxf6 Rxf6 5.Rh8+ Kxh8 6.Qh7#
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