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12-30-2012 , 08:32 PM
Find the quickest win.



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This came from a blitz game I played earlier tonight. Obviously anything wins since white is a piece up, but the game can be ended right away with 1.Qb4! forking the rook on a5 and the rook on f8. The game continued 1...Ra4 2.Qxf8+ Resigns, 1-0

Not a difficult problem but queen sacs are always fun
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12-30-2012 , 09:00 PM
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Just on initial guess, I'd assume 1. Rxf7. Rook is poisoned. IE ...Rxf7 2. Rc8+ Rf8 3. Rxf8+ Kxf8 4. Qb4+, forking the king and rook. But there has to be something else other than just simplification.

AH! Just spotted it. 1. Qb4! immediately, forking both rooks.
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12-31-2012 , 12:01 AM
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Funny, first thing I saw was the idiot version, Qd2 Ra4 Rd8 with a different version of the back rank idea.
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12-31-2012 , 01:53 AM
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Saw 1.Qb4 almost immediately but also noticed 1.Rxf7 Rxf7 2. Rc8+ with 3. Rxf8+, 4. Qb4+ and 5. Qxa5. I know this happened in a game, but as a combinations problem, maybe place a Black B on a8.
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12-31-2012 , 08:48 AM
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Qb4. If I were Black, a skeptical look from my opponent would get me to resign, so maybe that's an alternate solution.
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