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I assume Rc1+ was played?
No, Hong placed the bishop on b6 first
And for the best move/rook sac, you're soooo close! (I feel like a fellow student, having looked at the answer at the back of the book five minutes ago and be like soooo annoyingly anxious to tell you!!) Correct that the rook-queen thing is wrong.
CORRECT to find Rd5 and that the knight loses protection when the e-pawn takes.
keep going from there!
Ok I was looking at Bxf5+ but after Kb8 couldn't see anything crushing. But now thinking maybe it's Rxf5 and then I am hitting the queen and also have a discovered check when I move the rook, so I think I can win the bishop on e5 next, at least.
And as for refusing the rook on d5, I am thinking that if you move that bishop on e5 there is Qc3+ ideas with a fork on the rook on h8.
After Rxf5 Qg7 maybe holds it together though. Visualization gets very fuzzy for me after 3ply but that Rxf5 looks strong. Maybe you can even drop the LSB too and the argument is that rook, queen and DSB are just too powerful against that exposed king.
now thinking maybe it's Rxf5 and then I am hitting the queen and also have a discovered check when I move the rook, so I think I can win the bishop on e5 next, at least.
Right move, wrong reason.
Think bigger. The bishop on e5 is mostly a spectator/last final thing to munch on once the dust has settled.
Oh, Qg7 isn't possible because Rg5+ shielding the bishop giving the discovered check and your queen is lost. Actually, it looks like that queen is going to be lost wherever it moves.
Eeeexactly!! Queen has nowhere to go/hide where the rook can't find her! :)
Good job
I'm at a loss. I assume Rc1+ was played?
I am thinking it has to do with a kind of clearance sac. Clearing the path for the queen to get to the d file for example. But Rd8+ Rxd8 Qd1+ is just met with Qd7 and I've nothing.
Then I'm thinking maybe something to do with getting those nasty looking bishops active and pointing at the king. Rd5 and if exd5 then Bxf5 which looks dangerous but I can't see the continuation from there.
Any more hints?