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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
If you find any errors, then please let me know.- John.
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3W0174 [solution]	_____	3W0175 [solution] [Next]
3W0178 [solution]	_____	3W0179 [solution] [Next]
3W0174 1. Rh4! threatens Bf8 mate. So if 1. ... Rh7 2. Bd3 wins the rook on move 3. If instead 1. ... Kh7 2. Bd3+ Rg6 3. Bxg6+ with a winning advantage.	_____	3W0175 White can't queen his pawn because the queening square is attacked by the enemy queen. But after 1. Nf5+ Kg6 (Kf8 2. Rd8 mate) 2. Rd6+ f6 3.b8=Q wins
3W0178 1. f5+ Kd5 and white mistakenly thought 2. c4+ was checkmate but now dxc3 3. Nxc3 is mate. Instead 2. Qf7+ is a very impressive win but takes longer.	_____	3W0179 1. Rxf5 (white played Bxf5 and won anyway) threatens both the queen and 2. Rf8+! leading to mate on move 3. Black can dealy things with 1. ... Nxg3+ but it hardly matters.
3W0181 [solution]	_____	3W0182 [solution] [Next]
3W0184 [solution]	_____	3W0185 [solution] [Next]
3W0181 the easy way is 1. Bh5+ and now if 1. ... Kf8 2. Qf3+ or Qf4+ forces mate after king moves and 3. Qf7 mate. Black can give up his queen to delay mate but it hardly matters here.	_____	3W0182 1. h4! and now g4 then 2. h5 wins the pawn on d5. If instead 1. ... gxf4 or gxh4 2. recpatures the pawn and h5 3. a3 wins! The alternativie of 1. Kc5 seems to work too.
3W0184 1. Ba6!!!!! Black can't take the bishop because of Rb8 mate. But White still threatens Rb8 mate. So ... 1. .... Nb6 2. Rxb6+ Rxa6 (not Kc7 3. Rb8 mate.) 3. Rb8 mate anyway.	_____	3W0185 1. Rxf7+ (removes the defender) Kxf7 2. Bf3 wins the pawn on b7 - this is a critical endgame where the extra pawn should be enough to win. Moves like 2. ... d5 are easily refuted by 3. Bxc5
3W0190 [solution]	_____	3W0191 [solution] [Next]
3W0193 [solution]	_____	3W0194 [solution] [Next]
3W0190 1. Bxd6 wins the knight because black can't recapture do to the threat of Rxe8 mate. So if instead 1. .... Rxe1+ 2. Rxe1 and black still can't capture because of the threat of 3. Re8 mate.	_____	3W0191 1. Bh6+ Kf7 (anywhere else and the Bishop on e7 drops) 2. Bg5 will win the bishop on e7 which is now pinned. There are 3 pieces attacking and only two attacking, so it will drop on move 3.
3W0193 1. Nd4+ If 1. ... Qxd4 2. Bxd4 wins. Note the e pawn is pinned. If 1. ... Kd5 2. Bxf7+ Kxc5 (forced) 3. Ne6+ forks the king and Queen. Yoshi vs Supersnake speed game on the Internet Chess Club.	_____	3W0194 White is so strong on the kingside. The black pieces cannot come to the defense of the king easily. After 1. Rf6!! it is hard to see what white can do to stop Rxh6 (or Qxh6 ) leading to checkmate on move 3.

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