Great move

[Doctor Phibes]

OK, one last position for anybody who's interested, since I thought this was wonderful, and very unusual. White can take the Queen with check, but he gets mated.

[Mik]

White's only move is rook to E1.

[Klaus]

Rook to E1 wouldn't help. After ..RE8 and RE2 and then RxE2 the situation would be worse than before.

D3 might be a move, no?

[Doctor Phibes]

@Klaus said in Great move:

Rook to E1 wouldn't help. After ..RE8 and RE2 and then RxE2 the situation would be worse than before.

D3 might be a move, no?

D3 just loses the Queen, and in compensation white has a totally lost position

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

[Axtremus]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Great move:

@Klaus said in Great move:

Rook to E1 wouldn't help. After ..RE8 and RE2 and then RxE2 the situation would be worse than before.

D3 might be a move, no?

D3 just loses the Queen, and in compensation white has a totally lost position

White Queen to F3.
Still loses the Queen, but at least taking a black Bishop with it.

[Copper]

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[jon-nyc]

Kasparov 1981. Mate in 3 if QxR. White avoids mate if QxN but still loses queen.

[jon-nyc]

White to move. Mate in ?