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Is that with Black playing Rxc3? Please show it.

Originally posted by clandarkfire
Interestingly, fritz thinks white has a mate in 8 after Ne4

Originally posted by clandarkfire
[pgn][FEN "3q1rk1/pp1bppbp/3p1np1/8/2rNP1P1/2N1BP2/PPPQ4/2KR3R w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1. Bh6 Nxe4 2. Qe3 Nf6 3. Bxg7 Kxg7 4. Qh6+ Kh8 5. Ne4 Qc8 6.Nxf6 Rxc2 7.Nxc7 Qxc2 8.Kxc2 Rc8+ 9.Kb1 Bf5+ 10.gxf5 Rb1+ 11.Rxb1 exf6 12.Qxh7#[/pgn]

Edit - copied and pasted GP's FEN, but it doesn't like it for some reaon.

Originally posted by clandarkfire
[pgn][FEN "3q1rk1/pp1bppbp/3p1np1/8/2rNP1P1/2N1BP2/PPPQ4/2KR3R w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1. Bh6 Nxe4 2. Qe3 Nf6 3. Bxg7 Kxg7 4. Qh6+ Kh8 5. Ne4 Qc8 6.Nxf6 Rxc2 7.Nxc7 Qxc2 8.Kxc2 Rc8+ 9.Kb1 Bf5+ 10.gxf5 Rb1+ 11.Rxb1 exf6 12.Qxh7#[/pgn]

Edit - copied and pasted GP's FEN, but it doesn't like it for some reaon.

Originally posted by Exuma
This is still making me laugh

[fen]"3q1rk1/pp1bppbp/3p1np1/8/2rNP1P1/2N1BP2/PPPQ4/2KR3R w - - 0 1"[/fen]

Originally posted by clandarkfire
???

Originally posted by Exuma
Sorry clandarkfire - I was following tomtoms advice and just replaced the pgn tags with fen tags - that was the fen diagram that appeared.

Originally posted by clandarkfire
[pgn][FEN "3q1rk1/pp1bppbp/3p1np1/8/2rNP1P1/2N1BP2/PPPQ4/2KR3R w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1. Bh6 Nxe4 2. Qe3 Nf6 3. Bxg7 Kxg7 4. Qh6+ Kh8 5. Ne4 Qc8 6.Nxf6 Rxc2 7.Nxc7 Qxc2 8.Kxc2 Rc8+ 9.Kb1 Bf5+ 10.gxf5 Rb1+ 11.Rxb1 exf6 12.Qxh7#[/pgn]

Edit - copied and pasted GP's FEN, but it doesn't like it for some reaon.

Ah - so the Nc3 is not there to be taken by the rook in this variation. And its an easier mate in 8 to have a chance of spotting since most of the moves are forced checks by black to stop the mate in 1.

Yeah, mate in 8 is a bit misleading, it's really just a mate in three, because noone is really going to bother sacing all those pieces.

Hi

Actually with Rxc3 it was a mainline for a while.

This postion.



is discussed on page 65 of the Yugoslav Attack by Miles & Moscow.

They look at 21.g5 and 21.Rh2.

They don't look at the Nf5 idea promoting someone to write that perhaps
Miles saw it and was saving it up for himself.

This is the line with the pretty finish.
(Black must play Bxf5 instead of Rg8)

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Hi

Actually with Rxc3 it was a mainline for a while.

This postion.

[fen]3q1r1k/pp1bpp1p/3p1npQ/8/3N2P1/2P2P2/P1P5/2KR3R w - - 0 6[/fen]

is discussed on page 65 of the Yugoslav Attack by Miles & Moscow.

They look at 21.g5 and 21.Rh2.

They don't look at the Nf5 idea promoting someone to write that perhaps
Miles saw it and was saving it ...[text shortened]... xc3 3. bxc3 Nf6 4. Bxg7 Kxg7 5. Qh6+ Kh8 6. Nf5 Rg8 7.Qxh7+ Nxh7 8. Rxh7+ Kxh7 9. Rh1[/pgn]