Black to move. How should black proceed?
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Black to move. How should black proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
terminate the priest
Uh oh… white has no good answer to 1… Rxf2! and goes down a minor piece.
2. Kxf2 will only open the floodgates via:
2… Qc6+
3. Re3 (forced) Nd5
The knight is immune to capture because of 4… Qxe3#, and the rook is triply attacked but only once defended. In short, it is a goner. Say:
4. Bc4 Nxe3
5. Ke2 Nxg2
with a terrible position and down a bishop and a pawn.
Strangely, white is relatively better off by ignoring the loss of the bishop. Say by 2. Nd3 or 2. Na4 (the other pieces are all pretty much tied to their positions). Still, it is not going to be a nice and quiet endgame for white.
1. … Rxf2
2. Kxf2 Qc5+
3. Re3 Nd5 (exd5, 4. Qxe3#)
4. Nd1/Nc4/Qd3 Nxe3
leaves black up a piece.
greets, jan
1.. rxB 2.Kxr qc5+ 3.Re3 nd5!
(threat qxr mate). White should move Bishop and Black is exchange up with mating attack.
1… Rxf2
2. Kxf2 Qc5+
3. Re3 Nh3+
4. gxh3 Qxe3+
5. Kg2 h4
6. Ne2(or similar) Bxh3+
7. Kxh3 Qxf3#
if 7. Kh1, Qxf3, 8. Bg2 Qxg2#
1. Rxf2
is simply up a piece, because of
1. … Kxf2?
2. Qc5+ Re3 (only legal move)
3. Nh3+ Ke2/Ke1 (gxh3 Qxe3#)
4. Qxe3+ Kd1
5. Qd2#
Note that playing Nh3+ before Qc5+ fails, since the knight isn’t taken, Ke2 played instead, there is no Qc5+ next.
1. … Rxf2 lures the king out of his cubby.
After 2. Kxf2 Qc5+ 3. Re3 Nd5, White can end things quickly with 4. exd5 Qxe3#.
4. Nf5 Bxe3+ 5. Nxe3 Qxe3+ is unavailing for White.
White’s best try on move 4 is probably 4. Be2.
4. Be2 Nxe3
5. Nd3 Ng4+
6. Ke1 Qg1+
7. Nf1 and White is down a piece and still under attack.
Rxf2! looks very good. The King cannot take the rook because of Qc5+, after which white loses even more material.
1Rxf2 kxr 2Qc5+ re3 3Nh3+ pxn 4Qxr+ kg2 5h4 ne2 6 bh3+ kxb 7 qf3 kh4
8 g5 mate
First move is on expected lines. 1…. RxB Now
2KxR QB4+
3RK3 NQ4
4QK1 BXR+
5KK2 NxP+
6KQ3 NN5#
Alternatives
(1)4NQ1 NxR
5KK2 NxN
6KxN (not 6QxN QK6#) QxP
7 QB2 QR8+
8KK2 NQ5+ wins Q.
(2)4BB4 QxR+
5KB1 NxP
6QB2 NQ5
7QB2 QB8+
8QQ1 QxN white is 2 pieces up.
Rxf2!
Rxf2!
and black wins
Hi Susan Polgar,
“R*Bf2”
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