White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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N – c5 is key move
Way too hard.
Bh3 looks like the way to go, seems to win an exchange, with threat of Nb6. Nef6 isn’t a great reply after e5.
Nc4
Maybe 1.Bh3? The basic idea is to try for a knight fork at b6 by pinning the knight at d7 and taking it on the next move. The problem for me is the number of replies that black might make here. Let me run through the obvious ones:
1. Bh3 Nef6 (protecting d7/b6)
2. Nb7 Qb7
3. Rd6 wins the pawn the queen was forced to abandon.
Or:
1. Bh3 Ne5
2. Nb6 Rd8
Here, Rc7, Ra6 etc also possible, and I can’t tell if one is better than the other. Continuing:
3. Na8 wins an exchange.
Or:
1. Bh3 f5
2. ef5 gf5
3. Bf5 just loses another pawn with the same threats as above.
Or:
1. Bh3 Rc7/d8
2. Bd7 Rd7
3. Nb6 again wins an exchange.
Of these, I like the reply of Nef6 best, but for the simple material considerations- the position is still unclear to me in all the lines but for the material difference.
Ba3, B*d7, Nb6
E5
bh3
Bh3 seems to win an exchange:
it attacks the pinned knight, f5 doesn`t seem to help after
2. exf5 gxf5
3. Bxf5
Qc7 runs into
2. Bxd7 Qxd7
3. Nb6 (triple fork)
Nef6 should be met by
2. e5, then the pawn is pinned, the knight can`t move away, and
2. … Nxe5
3. Bxc8 (or maybe Nb6 first) wins the exchange. I think, at the end of the copmbination we can capture with the rook on d6. Is there a better way to play? This is not very “complicated”. Maybe I´m missing some detail?
greets, jan
okay, maybe i should have checked the very simple defense Rd8 or Rc7 also. Okay, but that runs into 2. Bxd7, Rxd7, 3. Nb6. I think it´s not better for black than the other lines. greets, jan