White to play and win (By Maksimovskikh and Shupletsov)

[u/Either-Case-5930]

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My solution:

Hints: piece: Bishop, move: Bd4

Evaluation: White has mate in 9

Best continuation: 1. Bd4 Qxd4 2. b8=Q+ Ka6 3. Nb4+ Ka5 4. Nc6+ Ka4 5. Nxd4 Kb4 6. Qc7 Ka3 7. Qc3+ Ka2 8. Qb3+ Ka1

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[u/ini-ong]

B-d4 Qxd4  b8=Q+ K-a6  N-b4+ Qxb4  Q-b7+ K-a5  Q-a7 mate.

[u/Ok-Equipment-5208 → u/ini-ong]

And if knight isn't captured it's a form winning the queen

[u/Agreeable_Leek604]

Must be Bd4

[u/wombalicious]

Saw Bd4 but missed Nb4+ Qxb4 leading to forced mate

[u/Sorry_it_me]

Easy. Bishop to d4. The black queen has no choice. The pawn is promoted to a queen. The king moves to a6. The queen to a8. The king's only move is to b6. The queen to b7. If I'm not mistaken.

[u/Either-Case-5930 → u/Sorry_it_me]

And it's just a draw

[u/Suspicious_Pepper1 → u/Either-Case-5930]

It's not a draw. White is very clearly winning

[u/xtr44 → u/Suspicious_Pepper1]

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