This position is shown in Fred Reinfeld's excellent book The Complete Chessplayer. White wins with 1.Rc8 Rxc8 2.Qe7! [not 2.dxc8(=Q)+ since Black has 2…Qxc8] and Black will either be mated or lose his queen.
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2 comments:
Also worth noting is
1.Rc8 Qxd7?? 2.Qf8! Rxf8 3.Rxf8#
Excellent note!
Thanks George!
Steve Goldberg
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