Simple yet beautiful puzzles

Originally posted by skims
what about 1.Qa8+ Kg7 2.Bxe5+ Qxe5 3.Qh8+ Kxh8 4.Nxf7+?

You're right. I like the idea of simplifying the board when you're ahead. But my way will also leave you with a passed pawn on the a file and the opponent only having a queen to defend it (king is all the way across the board. I imagine getting the queen as well will be inevitable.

I'm curious to know what the right solution is though.

Originally posted by schakuhr
The only bad thing is that 2. ..Rh6 regains the piece.

why not 1. Qa8+ Kg7 2. Qh8+ Kxh8 3. Nxf7+ kg8(g7) 4. kxd6

No need to sac the bishop 😕

Originally posted by tamuzi
why not 1. Qa8+ Kg7 2. Qh8+ Kxh8 3. Nxf7+ kg8(g7) 4. kxd6

No need to sac the bishop 😕

Originally posted by !~TONY~!
He doesn't have to take on h8. He can move the king. The point of Bxe5+ is that the king has to take on h8, since moving the king loses a queen on e5. I think this is the exact position or a similar position to a famous Petrosian-Spassky game.

1. Rxf3

if 1... Kxf3 2. Bxc2
if 1... Qxf3 2. Bxc2

Originally posted by bdh191
I think 1)rxf3 is better
if .... 1) Qxf3 then 2) Bxc2 wins 2 knights for a rook
if .... 1) Kxf3 then 2)Bxc2 Qxc2 3)Nxd4+ forks the king and queen

I actually saw that when I made my original post, but I'd thought they were the same so I didn't post it...