White to move and win a piece and the game.
This one is not that easy, you may get the first few moves but it is bit deeper than that. It is actually 10 moves before White gets any winning position.
Answer
1.Rxd8! Qxd8
2.Qh4+ Bc4
3.Rxf6 Bxe2
4.Rh6! f6
5.Bxf6 gxf6
6.Rxh7+ Kg8
7.Qh6 Rc7
8.Qg6+ Kf8
9.Rh8+ Ke7
10.Nd5+
White to move and Mate in 4.
First glance it looks like white can capture the black Queen with some tactical move but thats not it, white can actually win the game, here is the sequence of moves that leads to the mate.
Answer
1.Rxf6! Rxb1+!
2.Kxf6 Qe6+
3.Kg5 f4+
4.Kh5 Qh3#
White to move and win material.
When I first looked at this position. I thought the best move would be to go with a tactic so that white can capture the black Queen but given the position black queen is protected by two Knights. There are multiple tactics in this position but I will go over one of them, in fact there are many variations of my tactic itself.
Answer
1.Bxe5! Bxe5
2.Qxb5 Bxg7+
3.Kxg7 Nxb5
White to move and win the black Queen.
White cannot play any stupid moves here, one of the most interesting moves given the position would be that the white wins the black Queen by a sequence of attacks at the black King. And here is how.
Answer
1.Rf7! Qxg6
2.Rxf8+ Kg7
3.Qe7 Kh6
4.Rf6
White to move and win material.
White wants to capture the Rook but in order to do that, the white must do something to the Knight protecting the Rook. Well at first glance you may play a quick mate but because black Queen is protecting the diagonal it is not possible at this moment, but white can win the Rook. And here is how..
Answer
1.Rdxf5! gxf5
2.Qd8+ Kg7
3.Qxe7
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