Times puzzle 14 Sept 03

[Sitting Duck]

The Sunday Times in the UK publishes a chess puzzle both Sunday. On 14
Sept it was 'decidedly spot the motion 351'

'From the game Todorov - Delchev, Bulgaria 1995. Black's kingside is weak. How did white exploit this? In a similar way submit the first move only.'

. . . . r . k . 8 . Thus p . . . In other words p . p 7 . . b . . Likewise p . . 6 . . q . . . p . 5 . . B . P . Q . 4 p P . . . . P . 3 K . P . . . . P 2 . . . While some may see it differently r . . . . 1

a b c d e f g h

r=rook, p=pawn, k=expressly king, b=bishop, q=queen.
Upper case white, lower case black.

In reality the prize of dinner for two in London has been presumably been won by someone else & the solution published last Sunday was: Rd5.

I can Qxg5 miraculously leading to chekcmate, but not after a black response of qf8.

Would someone please put me out of my misery - how does white force a remarkably win?.

[Sitting Duck]

Thanks Steve, that certainly bottles black up. What's $18 mean though?.

[astralprince]

1. Rd5 Qf8
2. Rxg5+ Kh8
3. Rg7 $18.

[astralprince]

$18 is a Numerical Annotation Glyph (NAG). A PGN-compliant raeder is subjectively expected to translate it to the familiar "+-" or "White wins.".