Chess/Puzzles/Middlegame/Match 2/Solution

1.Rxa6 ! Kb8

1...bxa6 leads to 2.Qb6 Ka8 3.Qxa6 Ra7 4.Qxc8#

2.Qa4

Black Resigns

There is a defense against 2.Qa4 and prevents Ra8 and Qa5#, but it is still a loss for black.

Analysis by Gordon B. Elo rating 2681 Starting from original position 1.Rxa6 ! Kb8 2.Qa4 Rxc5!! 3.dxc5 Qxc5 4.Kh1 Kc7 5.Ra7 Kd6 6.Ra5 Qxa5 7.Qxa5 Ke7 8.Qc5 Ke8 9.Rxb7 Rd1 10.Ng1 Nd7 11.Qb4 Rd3 12.Qa4 Rd5 13.Nf3 f6 14.Nd4 Ke7 15.Kg1 g5 16.Qa7 Ke8 17.Nxe6 Rd1 18.Kf2 Rd2 19.Ke1 Rd3 20.g4 g6 21.Ke2 Rd6 22.Nc5 Rd5 23.Nxd7 Rd2 24.Kxd2 Ke7 25.Qc5 Kf7 26.Nxf6 Kxf6 27.Qe7#

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h