Comparing Various Captures on e6 (Rxe6, Bxe6, Pxe6)

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232 [VX-132]. Here 15 Rxe6 can be met by 15...b4 16 Na4 Nf8 17 Re1 Bd5, when Black controls the a2-g8 diagonal, but better is 15 Bxe6 Nf8 16 Bxf7+

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233 [VX-136]. White is down a piece for a pawn, but can play either 23 Rxe6 or 23 dxe6, e.g., 23 dxe6+ Ke7 24 Qf5 Nh8 25 Qe5, threatening 26 Qxg7, or 23 Rxe6 Rd6 24 Qf5+ Kg8 25 Qxg6, when White is up two pawns.

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234 [VX-130]. 23 Bxe6+ Kf8 is ineffec-tive, but better is 23 Rxe6, when 23...

Qd7 drops the Queen to 24 Rd6+, 23...

Qf8 drops the Bc7 to 24 Rxc6, and 23...

Qxe6 24 Bxe6+ Kxe6 gives White a Queen and two pawns for a Rook and two pieces, plus the attack, e.g., 25 Qg6 Rg8 26 Re1+ (1-0, 30).

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235 [VX-140]. Here White can win with either 18 Rxe6 or 18 Bxe6:

a) 18 Rxe6 Kf8 19 Qd5 (1-0) threatens 20 Rf6+ with either 21 Qf7 or 21 Qg8, mate. Now 19...Nf6 loses to 20 Rxf6+, e.g., 20...Bxf6 21 Qf7, mate or 20...Qxf6 21 Qg8, mate, while after 19...Ne5 20 Qxe5 Qxe5 21 Rxe5, White is up two pawns.

b) Even better is 18 Bxe6, e.g., 18...Kf8 19 Qh5 or 18...Ke8 19 Qe2 (now 19 Qh5+ g6 20 Qxh7 allows 20...Nf8, at-tacking two pieces at once) 19...Qg5 20 Bc4 (intending 21 Qe6) Nf8, when White wins on the dark squares with 21 Bc1 Qf6 22 Qxe7+ Qxe7 23 Rxe7+

Kxe7 24 Bg5+ Ke8 25 Re1+ Kd7 26 Rd1+, winning Black's Rd8.

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125. Visualize the position after the moves 17 Ndxf7 Rxf7¹. How does White win here? See the last footnote for a hint.

1 White is up a pawn after 17...Qe7 18 Nd6. ² Hint: Note the count on e6.

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126. The count on f7 is 2-2, but Black’s e6 and g7 are weak.

Visualize the position after the moves 16 Bxf7+¹ Nxf7². How does White win here? See the last footnote for a hint.

1 The actual game continued 16 e5 (1-0, 23). ² After 16...Kf8 17 Ne6+

Kxf7, instead of taking Black's Queen, White can play 18 Qxg7, mate.

3 Hint: Note the count on e6.

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127. The count is 3-3 on f7 and 2-2 on e6, but White can re-move one of the defenders of f7. Visualize the position after the moves 20 Nxe6 Rxe6 21 Bxf7+ Nxf7¹ 22 Rxe6. What is the material balance?

1 21...Kh8 22 Bxe6 gives White a Rook and pawn.

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128. Watch the count on e6. Visualize the position after the moves 18 Nxf7 Kxf7¹ 19 dxe6+ Bxe6² 20 Rxe6. What is the material balance?

1 18...Rxf7 19 dxe6 Bxe6 (19...Rf8 drops the Be7 after 20 exd7 Qxd7 21 Rxe7) 20 Rxe6 is similar to the main line. ² The actual game con-tinued 19...Ke8 20 Rd1 Rc8 21 Bxf6 (1-0) Bxf6 22 exd7+ Kf7 23 dxc8=Q Qxc8 24 Bd5+, when White is up a Rook and a pawn.

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129. White is up a piece for a pawn, but his Rf5 is under attack.

Visualize the position after the moves 14 Rxf7 Rxf7 15 Bxe6 dxc3 16 Bxf7+ Kh8. What is the material balance?

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130. Watch the count on f7 and e6. Visualize the position after the moves 22 Nxf7 Kxf7¹ 23 Rxe6 Qxe6 24 Bxe6+ Kxe6². What is the material balance?

1 22...Qxf7 loses to 23 Bxe6, while 22...Rxd4 23 Rxe6 Qxf7/Qf8/Qb8 loses to 24 Rxf6, and if 24...gxf6 then 25 Qg6+. ² 23...Qd7 drops the Queen to 24 Rd6+.

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131. Visualize the position after the moves 16 Nxf7 Rxf7¹ 17 Bxe6 Rc7 18 Bxf7+ Kxf7. What is the material balance?

1 After 16...Kxf7 17 Bxe6 Ke8, White’s idea is take Black’s Rc8 with check, so he plays 18 d5, threatening to play 19 d6, driving Black’s Ne7 off the e-file, when 19...Qd6 can be met by 20 Bxc8 Bxc8 21 Nb5, driving Black’s Queen off of d6, since 21...Qxd5 loses to 22 Nc7+.

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132. Visualize the position after the moves 14 Nxf7 Rxf7¹ 15 Bxe6² Nf8 16 Bxf7+ Kxf7. What is the material balance?

1 14...Kxf7 15 Rxe5 Ke8 gives White a pin on e7, e.g., 16 Qe2 Rf7 17 Re1, when White's threat is 18 Re3 and Black's Rf7 is trapped after either 17...Kf8 18 Re3 or 17...Nf8 18 Re3. ² 15 Rxe6 gives up the a2-g8 diagonal after 15...b4 16 Na4 Nf8 17 Re1 Bd5.

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133. White is down two pawns, but Black's Be6 is pinned. Vi-sualize the position after the moves 19 Bxf7 Qe7¹ 20 Rxe6 Qd7 21 Bxg8 Rxg8. What is the material balance?

1 Two alternatives: a) 19...Qd7 20 Bxe6 Qa4 21 Bxg8 Rxg8 is similar to the main line; b) relatively best is 19...Qxf7 20 Rxf7 Bxf7, when White has a Queen for a Rook, Bishop, and pawn, when Black re-signed after 21 Qf4 Bxa2 22 Qxd4 (1-0), when defending the c-pawn with 22...Rac8 drops the a-pawn and 22...Rfc8 allows 23 Re7, attack-ing the g-pawn.

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134. White is down a pawn. Visualize the position after the moves 22 Nxf7 Rxf7¹ 23 Bxe6 Re8² 24 Bxf7+ Kxf7. What is the material balance?

1 22...Kxf7 loses to 23 Bxe6+, e.g., a) 23...Ke7 24 Rd7+ Ke8 25 Qxb7 Rd8 26 Qc6, with the threat of 27 Rxg7+ Rd7 28 Qxd7, mate (1-0) or b) 23...Kxe6 24 Qd5+ with a forced mate (see the preparatory posi-tions). ² The passive 23...Raf8 can be met by 24 g5, locking out Black's Queen, e.g., 24...Re8 25 Bxf7+ Kxf7 26 Rd7+, with a winning attack (see the preparatory positions).

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135. Visualize the position after the moves 12 Nxf7 Rxf7 13 Bxe6 Ne5¹ 14 dxe5² Bxe6 15 Qxe6. What is the material bal-ance?

1 White is up two pawns after 13...Qe7 14 Bd5 Nc6 15 Bxc6 Rb8 16 Qc4. ² Also good is 14 Bxf7+ Nxf7 15 Bxc5, when White has a Rook and three pawns for two pieces (8 points to 6).

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136. Black is weak along the 6^th rank. Visualize the position after the moves 22 Nxf7¹ Kxf7 23 Rxe6² Rd6 24 Qf5+ Kg8 25 Qxg6. What is the material balance?

1 This is better than 22 Nxe6 fxe6 23 Rxe6 Rd6, when Black’s King is on g8 (rather than f7), when 24 Qf5 isn’t possible because it doesn’t come with check. ² This move attacks Black's Qb5 and threatens 24 Qf5+.

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137. Visualize the position after the moves 23 Nxf7 Kxf7¹ 24 Bxe6+ Kxe6 25 Bxf6+^R Kd6 26 Bxg7². What is the material balance?

1 After 23...Nxe5 24 Nxe5 Re8, White will win Black’s e-pawn with 25 Qf5, and if 25...Qxb2, then White is up the exchange after 26 Bxe6+ Rxe6 (26...Kf8 27 Ng6, mate) 27 Qxe6+. ² Even better is 26 Qg3+, for example, 26...Kd5 27 Re5+ when 27...Nxe5 gives White a forced mate: 28 Qxe5+ Kc4 29 Qe2+ Kd5 30 c4+ Kd6 31 Qe7, mate.

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138. Black’s Qd8 is hemmed in. Visualize the position after the moves 10 Bxf7+ Kxf7 11 Ne6 Kxe6¹. How does White mate in two?

1 In the game Black gave up his Queen with 11...Nde5 12 Nxd8+ Rxd8 and resigned a few moves later (1-0, 16).

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139. Visualize the position after the moves 22 Nxf7 Rxf7 23 Bxe6 Rcc7 24 Rxf7 Rxf7^R 25 Rf1 Qe7¹ 26 Bxf7+. What is the material balance?

1 This puts pressure on White's Be6, but other moves are similar.

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140. Visualize the position after the moves 17 Nxf7 Kxf7 18 Rxe6¹ Kf8 19 Qd5² Ne5³ 20 Qxe5 Qxe5 21 Rxe5. What is the material balance?

1 18 Bxe6 is also good. ² White's threat is 20 Rf6+ and 21 Qf7/Qg8, mate. Black resigned here. ³ 19...Nf6 loses to 20 Rxf6+, e.g., 20...Bxf6 21 Qf7, mate or 20...Qxf6 21 Qg8, mate.

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141. If White can get in Ne6, he'll win Black's Queen. Visual-ize the position after the moves 21 fxg6 hxg6 22 Rxf7¹ Nf8² 23 Ne6 Nxe6 24 dxe6 Rf8³ 25 Rcf1. What is the material balance?

1 White’s threat is 23 Ne6. ² White is be up a Queen and pawn for a Rook and Knight after 22...Kxf7 23 Ne6 Ne5 24 Nxd8+ Rexd8. ³ 24...Nc7 attacks White's e-pawn, but can be met by 25 Qg4, defending the e-pawn and threatening 26 Qxg6 and 27 Qxg7, mate.

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142. Visualize the position after the moves 17 Nxf7 Kxf7¹ 18 dxe6+² Kg8 19 exd7 Nxd7. What is the material balance and how can White win more material here? See the last footnote for a hint.

1 Declining the Knight is fine for White, e.g., 17...Nc5 (17...Bf8 gives up another pawn to 18 dxe6) 18 Ne5, e.g., 18...Bd6 19 Bg6 Rf8 20 b4 or 18...exd5 19 Nxd5 Bxd5 20 cxd5 Bd6 21 Rfe1, overprotecting the Ne5 so that White can get out of the pin with 22 Qf3. ² This is better than 18 Qxe6+ Kf8 19 Bg6 Ne5 20 Qxe5, White is up two pawns. ³ Hint: The count on d7 is 1-1, but White can add an extra attacker.

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143. Visualize the position after the moves 15 Ngxf7 Rxf7 16 Bxe6 Raf8 17 Nxf7 Rxf7 18 Qg6¹ Qb4 19 Qxf7+ Kh8. What is the material balance?

1 The actual game continued 18 Qb3 Nd5 19 Bxf7+ (1-0) Kxf7 20 e4 Kg8 21 exd5 cxd5, when White is up two Rooks and a pawn for two pieces (11 points to 6), but Black could have defended f7 another time with 18...Qh5 19 Bxf7 Qxf7, when White has two Rooks and two pawns for three minor pieces (12 points to 9).

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144. Visualize the position after the moves 18 Neg5 Nb4¹ 19 Nxf7 Rxf7 20 Bxe6 Bd5 21 Rxd5^R Nxd5 22 Bxf7+ Kf8² 23 Bxd5. What is the material balance?

1 This prepares ...Bd5, but better is 18...h6 19 Nxe6 fxe6 20 Bxe6+

Kh8 21 Bxd7 Rxf4 22 Bxc6, when White is up two pawns. ² 22...Kxf7 allows a discovered attack on the Queen after 23 e6+.

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145. Black’s Re7 is overworked. Visualize the position after the moves 26 Rxf7 Rxf7 27 Qxe6 Raf8¹ 28 Bg6 Qd7² 29 Bxf7+

Rxf7 30 Qxd7 Rxd7 31 Bxb6. What is the material balance?

1 Breaking the pin with 27...Kf8 loses to 28 Rxf7+ Qxf7 29 Qxb6, when Black’s Queen is tied to the defense of the Bb7, which White threatens to take advantage of with 30 e6, when 30...Qe7 loses to 31 Bc5. Now 29...Rb8 drops the Rook to 30 Qd6+, and if 29...Rc8 then 30 Bc5+ Kg8 31 e6 Qc7 32 Qxc7 Rxc7 e7, when White's e-pawn Queens, e.g., 33...Kf7 34 Bg6+ or 33...Rc8 34 Bg6. ² 28...Kh8 loses to 29 Rxf7 Rxf7 30 Qe8+ (1-0) Rf8 31 Qxf8, mate.

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146. White wants to get rid of Black’s pawn on e6 so he can play Nf5 and Qg4. Visualize the position after the moves 15 Bxf7+ Rxf7¹ 16 dxe6 Re7 17 Nf5 Rxe6² 18 Qg4 Re7³ 19 Nxe7+ Kf7 20 Qxd7. What is the material balance?

1 After 15...Kxf7 16 dxe6+ Kxe6, White wins either the Bg7 or the Ne7 with 17 Qg4+. ² 17...Ne5 drops the Re7 (1-0), while 17...Qd8 18 Nxe7+ Qxe7 19 exd7 Qxd7 nets White the exchange and a pawn. ³ 18...Kf8 loses to 19 Qxg7+ Ke8 20 Qg8+ Nf8 21 Ng7+ Ke7 22 Nxe6 Nxe6 23 Qxa8, when White is up a Rook and a pawn.

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147. Visualize the position after the moves 14 Rxf7 Rxf7 15 Nxe6 Nxe6¹ 16 Bxe6 Qe8² 17 Rf1 Bf6 18 Bxf7+ Qxf7 19 Qxf7+ Kxf7 20 exf6 gxf6. What is the material balance?

1 Moving the Queen is worse, e.g., a) 15...Qb6 loses to 16 Ng5, when White is threatening to take on both f7 and h7, or b) 15...Qe8 16 Nxc5 (this is better than winning Black’s Queen with 16 Nc7 Nxb3 17 Nxe8 Nxa1, when Black has two Rooks and a Bishop for a Queen and two pawns) Bxc5 17 Bxc5, when White will be up two pawns after win-ning the exchange on f7. ² After 16...g6 17 Bxf7+ Kxf7 18 Qxh7+ Ke6 19 Qxg6+, White has four pawns for the piece and an attack, e.g., 19...Kxe5 (19...Kd7 drops the Queen to 20 Rd1+) 20 Re1 with a forced mate, e.g., a) 20...Qd7 21 Bf2+ Kf4 22 Bg3, mate, or b) 20...Bh4 21 Bf2+ Kf4 22 Bg3+ Bxg3 23 hxg3, mate.

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148. Visualize the position after the moves 9 e5 Ne8¹ 10 Bxf7+

Kxf7 11 Ne6 Kxe6² 12 Qd5+ Kf5 13 g4+ Kxg4 14 Rg1+³ Kh4⁴ 15 Qe4+⁵ Kh5⁶. How does White mate in one?

1 Better is 9...Nxb3 10 exf6 Nxa1 11 fxg7 Kxg7 12 Qxa1, when White has two pieces for a Rook and pawn. ² In the game Black chose 11...dxe6 12 Qxd8, giving up his Queen and pawn for two pieces (1-0, 42). ³ 14 Qe4+ Kh5 15 Rg1 is also good. ⁴ Three alternatives: a) 14...Kf5 15 Rg5, mate; b) 14...Kh5 15 Qg2 e6 16 Qg4, mate; c) 14...Kh3 15 Qg2+ Kh4 16 Qg4, mate. ⁵ 15 Bg5+ and 15 Qg2 also win.

6 15...Kh3 allows 16 Qg4+ Kxh2 17 Qg3, mate.

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149. White’s Bg5 and d-pawn are under attack. Visualize the position after the moves 15 Nxf7 Rxf7¹ 16 Bxe6 Qf8² 17 Qxb6 hxg5³ 18 Qxb7 Nbd7 19 Bxf7+ Kxf7⁴ 20 Qb3+ Nd5⁵ 21 Qxd5+ Kf6. How does White win in this position?

1 After 15...Qxd4 16 Be3 Qh4 17 Bxe6 Kh7 18 Qxb6, White is up two pawns. ² Black's b-pawn falls after 16...Qe8 17 Bf4 and 18 Qxb6, giv-ing White three pawns for a piece, plus the exchange on f7. ³ Black's Rook is trapped after 17...Kh7 18 Bf4, while 17...Bc6 loses to 18 Bxf6 Bxf6 19 d5, e.g., 19...Bd7 20 Bxf7 Qxf7 21 Qb7 with 22 Qxa8. ⁴ 19...Qxf7 drops the Ra8 (1-0). ⁵ The only legal move.

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150. White can take advantage of Black's undefended Qa5. Vi-sualize the position after the moves 15 Nxf7 Kxf7 16 Bxe6+

Kxe6¹ 17 Rae1+ Kd6² 18 Qf4+ Ne5³ 19 Rxe5 Qc7⁴ 20 Re3+

Kd7. How does White win here?

1 16...Bxe6 isn't possible because of 17 Qxa5. ² The game continued 17...Ne5 18 Rxe5+ Qxe5 19 dxe5, when White has a Queen and two pawns for a Rook and Bishop (1-0, 23). ³ 18...Kd5 drops the Queen to 19 Qxf5+. ⁴ Other moves drop the Queen, e.g., 19...Qb6 20 Rb5+ or 19...Qxa2 20 Ra5+, while 19...Qxe5 20 Qxe5+ Kd7 21 Qxf5+ gives White a Queen and two pawns for a Rook.

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151. Visualize the position after the moves 16 Rxf7 Kxf7 17 Bxe6+ Ke8¹ 18 Bxg7² Rc8³ 19 Bxf8 Kxf8⁴ 20 Rf1+^R Ke7⁵ 21 Qg5+ Ke8. How does White mate in two?

1 After 17...Ke7 18 Qf5, White threatens 19 Qf7, mate, when a) 18...Nf6 19 exf6+ gxf6 20 Qxh7+ Kd6 21 Bf4+ Kc5 22 Qf5+ gives White a mate in seven (see the preparatory positions) and b) 18...Nxe5 drops the Rook to 19 Bg5+ Kd6 20 Bxd8, since 20...Qxd8 drops the Queen to 21 Ndxb5+, with a skewer along the d-file. ² Now White's threat is 19 Qh5+ Ke7 20 Qf7, mate. ³ This frees up d8 for the King and is best, since 18...Bxg7 loses to 19 Qh5+ Ke7 20 Qf7, mate. ⁴ Rel-atively best is 19...Nxf8, giving up the exchange to 20 Bxc8, when White is up three pawns. ⁵ 20...Ke8 21 Qg8+ Ke7 22 Rf7 is mate.

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152. Visualize the position after the moves 7 Bxf7+ Rxf7 8 Ne6 Qe8 9 Nxc7 Qd8 10 Nxa8¹ b6² 11 dxe5 Nxe5 12 Bg5 Bd7 13 Bxf6 Bxf6 14 Qxd6 Qxa8³. What is the material balance?

1 White is temporarily up the exchange and two pawns, but his Na8 is trapped. ² 10...exd4 11 Qxd4 b6 12 Nb5 Nc5 13 Nxa7 Bb7 14 f3 Qxa8 15 Nb5 Qa5+ 16 Nc3, when White has a Rook and three pawns for two pieces (1-0, 19). ³ Better, but difficult to find, is 14...Nc6 15 Nc7 Be5.

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153. Visualize the position after the moves 22 Nxf7 Rxf7¹ 23 Bxe6 Ned5² 24 Ne5 Raa7 25 Nxc6³ Qa8 26 Nxa7 Qxa7 27 g5⁴ Nf4⁵ 28 Bxf7+ Qxf7 29 gxf6 Bxf6⁶. What is the material bal-ance?

1 After 22...Kxf7 23 Ng5+ Kg8 24 Nxe6 Qc8 25 Nxf8+ Bxc4 26 Rxc4 Bxf8 27 Bxe7, White is up the exchange and two pawns. ² 23...Kf8 drops the Rf7 to 24 Ng5. ³ After 25 Rxc6 Nf4 26 Rxa6 Rxa6 27 Bxf7+

Kh8 White is up three pawns (1-0). ⁴ This undermines the only de-fender of Black's Nd5. ⁵ 27...Ne8 drops the Nd5, e.g., 28 Bxd5 Qd7 29 Bxf7+ Qxf7, when White can consolidate his advantage with 30 Qb3.

6 After 29...Nh3+ 30 Kg2 Nf4+ 31 Kh1 Qd5+, White can consolidate his position with 32 f3, and if 32...Be2 then 33 Qb3 gets the Queens off the board.

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154. Both minor pieces under attack. Visualize the position af-ter the moves 25 fxg6 hxg6 26 Rxf7 Rxf7¹ 27 Bxe6 dxe5² 28 Qxg6+³ Kh8 29 Bxf7 Qf8⁴ 30 Rc1. What is White's threat and how does White win after 30...Rb8?

1 26...Kxf7 loses to 27 Rf1+ Ke8 28 Bxe6, threatening 29 Qxf8, mate, when after 28...Rxf1+ 29 Kxf1 Black can’t stop 30 Qh8, mate. ² After 27...Rxe5 28 Qxg6+ Kh8 29 Bxf7 White is up a piece and a pawn and threatens 30 Qh6, mate. ³ Also good is 28 Bxf7+, as played in the game, e.g., 28...Kxf7 29 Qh7+ Kf6 30 Rf1+ (1-0) Ke6 (30...Kg5 31 Qh4, mate) 31 Qxg6+ Kd7, when 32 Rd1+ Kc7 33 Qc2+ wins Black's Queen. ⁴ This prevents 30 Qh6, mate.

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155. Visualize the position after the moves 22 Nxf7 Kxf7 23 Rxe6 Qxe6¹ 24 Bxe6+ Kxe6 25 Qg6 Rg8 26 Re1+² Kd7³ 27 Qf7+ Kd8 28 Bxh6 Re8⁴ 29 Rxe8+ Nxe8 30 Bg5+^R Nf6 31 Bxf6+⁵ gxf6. How can White wins Black’s Rook here?

1 White is up three pawns after 23...Qf8 24 Rxc6+ Ke8 25 Rxc7. ² Also good is 26 Bxh6 gxh6 27 Re1+. ³ 26...Kd5 drops the Bc7 to 27 Qf7+

Kxd4 28 Qxc7. ⁴ Two alternatives: a) 28...gxh6 loses to 29 Qxf6+ Kc8 30 Qxc6, when White threatens both 31 Qxa8 and Qe6+, e.g., 30...Rb8 31 Qxa6 or 30...Bb7 31 Qe6+ Kb8 32 Qxg8+; b) 28...Ra7 drops the g-pawn, giving White three connected passed pawns on the kingside, e.g., 29 Qe7+ Kc8 30 Qe6+ Kb8 31 Bxg7 Re8 32 Rb1+ Rb7 33 Qf5. ⁵ Also good is 31 Qf8+ Kd7 32 Qxa8.

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156. Visualize the position after the moves 22 Bb3 Qa5¹ 23 Nxf7 Rxf7² 24 Bxe6 Bc8 25 Bxf7+ Kxf7 26 Rxe7+ Kxe7 27 Qxg6 Kf8³ 28 Bxh6 Bxh6⁴ 29 Qf6+^R Ke8 30 Re1+ Be6⁵ 31 Rxe6+ Kd7 32 Re7+ Kc8. How does White mate in two?

1 22...Qd6 23 Nxf7 Qd7 24 Bxe6 Qe8 loses to 25 Nxd8+ Kh7 26 Nxb7. ² 23...Kxf7 24 Bxe6+ Ke8 allows 25 Bd6, intending either 26 Bb3 or 26 Bxe7 Kxe7 27 Qc7+. ³ This defends the Bg7 without losing the pawn on h6. ⁴ Defending the Bg7 with 28...Rd7 allows a back rank mate, e.g., 29 Re1 Rf7 30 Bxg7+ and now: 30...Rxg7 31 Re8, mate, or 30...Kg8 31 Re8+ Rf8 32 Rxf8, mate. ⁵ 30...Kd7 loses to 31 Qe7, mate.

In document [Ian Anderson] Chess Visualization Course Book2 K(BookSee.org) (Page 76-85)