Tactic 0026

[Event "ICC Blitz"]
[White "smittie"]
[Black "jbennett"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "JB"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5ppk/p7/P7/3p3Q/3bqP1P/2p3P1/R6K b - - 0 38"]

{Black to move, white just played Qh4+. }
{Second best is Qh6 (-0.53) best is Kg6 (-3.64). }
{Qh6 stops the checks, but after 1. Qxh6+ Kxh6 2. Kg1, }
{white's king is close enough to stop the pawns. }
1... Kg6
2. Kh2 {Going for the perpetual check doesn't work: }
(2. Qg4+ Kf6
3. Qh4+ g5
4. Qh8+ Ke7 {and there are no more checks}
)
2... Bf5
3. Qg3+ Kh5
4. Re1 c1Q
5. Rxc1 Qxc1
*