Beat the Masters 25
July 1988, Position E
White to play
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I'm going for 1. Qg4 with an obvious threat and keeping an eye on Rc8. If 1... Qg8 then 2. Rxg7. And if 1... Bg7 moves then 2. Qg6.
ReplyDelete10 points Angus. Nice one. Keeping an eye on Rc8 is a key detail (which I overlooked)
DeleteI’ll say a bit more in the comments to the feedback post.
Clearly given the material balance and the Black king position it needs to be something fairly forcing. I looked at 1.Qg6 first, missed entirely that Black had 1...Qg5 but got stuck at 1...Qg8 2.Nf6 Ne5 which seemed to me to hold. So then ended up with 1.Qg4 for the same reasons as Angus - 1...Qg8 2.Rxg7 Qxg7 3.Qxc8 wins on material and 1...B somewhere 2. Qg6 is mate.
ReplyDeleteNice one Matt. Another 10 points to you.
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