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1. checkersisfortramps 12.09.09 / 12pm

   Qxh3 looks good. if king captures, then Rxd3+ followed by the knight fork on f4. If Rook captures on h3, then Rxd2+ picking up the queen and bishop, and finally if the king ignores the queen and moves to g1, then the queen swings over to d3 and picks up the rook.
2. C. Spencer Beggs 12.09.09 / 1pm

   Nf4. White has a couple options, but none of them are good. He or she cannot move the rook or they get checkmate at Qxh3. Capturing the knight Qxf4 isn’t a good option because Black counters with Rxd3 exposing the mate on h3. White’s queen ends up out of position on a black square and cant defend c2 or d1 where black’s queen and rook can roll White’s king to the wall. By keeping Black’s queen and rook on white squares, White’s bishop on black squares is useless. Black’s knight at f4 also cuts off any hope for a Hail Mary Qxg7 at any point.
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4. Jeffrey Barke 12.09.09 / 7pm

   Spencer, 1…Nf4 is answered by 2.Rxd8+ Qxd8 3.Qxd8 winning a queen for White.

   checkersisfortramps, you're correct!

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