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2W0311 [solution]	_____	2W0312 [solution] [Next]
2W0313 [solution]	_____	2W0314 [solution] [Next]
2W0311 1. Rxa5+ forks the king and queen. if Nxa5 then 2. Qa7 mate. So 1. ... Qxa5 2. Bxa5 Nxa5 white wins the exchange and has a nice position to go with it. if 1. ... Kb8 then 2. Rxd5	_____	2W0312 1. g4 and black has two unpleasant choices. 2. Kg7 Ke6 wins the pawn and therefor the game. Or 2. Ke7 Kg6 will win the pawn on h6 and the game. Note that 1. g3 also works.
2W0313 White mistakenly played 1. R2e7 which black can defend with Rb5. Instead much better is 1. Rb2 which will either win the pawn on b7 or give white a good endgame after 1. ... Rb5 2. Rxb5	_____	2W0314 1. Rxf7 and there is no place on the board for the Queen to hide. i.e. 1. ... Qh4 2. Rf4+ wins the Queen. 1. ... Qa6 2. Rxa7+ 1. ... Qxf2+ 2. Rxf2+ 1. ... Qd8 2. Rd7+
2W0315 [solution]	_____	2W0316 [solution] [Next]
2W0317 [solution]	_____	2W0318 [solution] [Next]
2W0315 Not 1. Nxc4 Rxb1 pinning the white queen. Instead 1. Rxb3 with threat on the Queen (by the knight on d2) and the threat on the rook on b8 by the rook on b3. Something will drop on move 2.	_____	2W0316 1. Rc4! and either the black bishop or rook is lost. White threatens 2. Re4 forcing the black bishop to die or give up protection of the rook. (Note that the rook has no squares to move to.)
2W0317 1. Nf6+ forks two pieces. black must play 1. ... kf8 because if instead 1. ... Ke7 then 2. Qd6 mate! So 1. ... Kf8 2. Nxd7+ wins. (White can get fancy by playing Qd6+ first which is what Chess master 4000 likes here)	_____	2W0318 1. Rxf7+!! and now 1. ... Kf7 2. Qxh6 not only winning a pawn but having a great position too. If instead 1. ... Rxf7 2. Qxd8. From the last round of the Utah Open Chess Championship (1997) Jeff Philips vs Steven Deeth
2W0319 [solution]	_____	2W0320 [solution] [Next]
2W0319 The easiest way for white to solve his problems is to play 1. Kf4. He wants to prevent the penetration of the black king while using his knight to stop the black pawns. if 1. ... d2 2. Ne4 + wins. Otherwise the knight holds the pawns.	_____	2W0320 I think that Qxf4 is better than exd6+ or Bxa8. Otherwise gxh4 opens a threat on the white king so Qxf4 takes care of that problem and it threatens the fork with Qf6+ and the skewer with Bxg5+. If 1. ... Kf8 (perhaps the best defense) 2. Bxa8

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