There is a solution in 3. 1.Rh5, threatening 2.hxg7#. 1...gxh6 leads to 2.Rxh6#. 1...Rf8+ is answered by 2.Bxf8 with the unstoppable threats of 3.Bxg7# or 3.hxg7# on the next move.
There is no immediate 1.Rh5 because the h-pawn is on h5! Hence, 1.h6 is key to being able to play Rh5 thereafter. They are all, incidentally, mates in 3 until we reach the stage of 1...B moves, when we then have to stretch it out for one more move.
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Well done!
There is a solution in 3. 1.Rh5, threatening 2.hxg7#. 1...gxh6 leads to 2.Rxh6#. 1...Rf8+ is answered by 2.Bxf8 with the unstoppable threats of 3.Bxg7# or 3.hxg7# on the next move.
There is no immediate 1.Rh5 because the h-pawn is on h5! Hence, 1.h6 is key to being able to play Rh5 thereafter. They are all, incidentally, mates in 3 until we reach the stage of 1...B moves, when we then have to stretch it out for one more move.
@@stephenwitherington879 Apologies. I looked at what I thought was the initial position in your video, but it wasn't.
@@BrianStepheson That's OK. 'To err is human, to forgive divine' - An Essay On Criticism (Alexander Pope) 1711.
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You're right!