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7W0001 [solution]	_____	7W0002 [solution] [Next]
7W0003 [solution]	_____	7W0004 [solution] [Next]
7W0001 How to read chess notation. 1. Rxf7+ Kxf7 2. Rd7+ Re7 3. Rxe7+ Kxe7 4. Kg3 Kf7 5. Kg4 Kg6 6. g3 and 7. h4 with an easily won endgame	_____	7W0002 1. h4 gxh4 2. gxh4 Kg6 3. h5+ Kh6 4. Kh4 Kh7 5. Kg5 Kg7 6. h7+ Kh7 7. Kf6 winning the pawn and the game easilry
7W0003 1. Rxd7! Qc8 (not Qxd7 2. Nf6+) 2. Qh6! with deadly threat of 3. Nf6+ (now if 3. ... Ng7 4. Nf6+ Kf8 5. Nxh7+ Kg8 6. Nf6+ Kf8 7. Qh8 mate	_____	7W0004 1. Qc6+ Ka5 2. Ra1+ Kb4 3. Ra4+ (This starts a "stair step" mating pattern.) Kb3 4. Qc4+ Kb2 5. Ra2+ (another step) Kb1 6. Qb3+ Kc1 7. Ra1 mate
7W0005 [solution]	_____	7W0006 [solution] [Next]
7W0007 [solution]	_____	7W0008 [solution] [Next]
7W0005 1. Rd6+ Ke5 (Ke4 is no different) 2. Re7+ Kf4 3. g3+ Kf3 (or else the knight is lost.) 4. Rf6+ Ke2 (or else the knight drops.) 5. Rf2+ Kd3 (dito) 6. Rxe3+ Kxe3 7. Rxc2 wins.	_____	7W0006 1. f5 threatens to win a pawn on g6. so 1. ... gxf5 2. Kxf5 Ke7 (Otherwise the white king goes back to f6.) 3. g6 f6 4. g7 Kf7 5. g8=Q+ Kxg8 6. Kxf6 Kh7 7. Kg5 wins the pawn on h5 and the game
7W0007 1. Qxb7 wins at least a pawn. The game continued 1. ... Nc2+ 2. Kd1 Nxa1 3. Qc6+ Qd7 4. Qxa1+ Qd8 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 and the knight on a1 will be lost. Play could continue 6. b3 (or b4) and 7. Bb2 winning the knight	_____	7W0008 Just taking the queen is not quite adequate because white is down in material already. More to the point is 1. Rc1! Qxb5 2. Rxc8+! Rxc8 3. Qxb5+ Kd8 4. Ba5+ Rc7 5. Qc6 forces mate. 5. ... f6 6. Bxc7+ Kc8 7. Bb6+ forces mate

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