Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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Black to move. How should Black proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
rd5?
Bh3!, g2xB
Qf3+, Kg1
Bf2++
or
Bh3!, Ne3
QxN, g2xB
Qf3+, Kg2
Bf2+, Kf1
Be3+, Ke1
Qf2++
Threaten mate with 1…Bh3. I’m not sure if white has a defense. If 2. gxh3, then 2…Qf3+ 3. Kg1 Bf2#. If white doesn’t take the bishop how does he defend against the mate on g2?
Bh3. Can’t be taken because of Qf3+ and Bf2++. Ne3 looks like only move to counter and after Qxe3 white still can’t take the bishop because of the same mating pattern.
Bh3
Bh3
1, ….. Bh3!
if bishop will be taken
2, gxh3 Qf3+
3, Kg1 Bf2#
otherwise on g2 mate!
Best from Hungary
This should work …
1. … Bh3
if
2. gxh3 Qf3+
3. Kg1 Bf2 mate
if
2. Ne3 Qxe3 (up a piece)
3. gxh3 Qf3+ followed by Bf2 mate
1 Bh3
bh3
1..Bh3 and White can either take or decline the gift.
Taking on h3 will bring the following:
2… Qf3+
3. Kg1 Only move
3…..Bf2 Check and Mate.
Declining the sac, white can only defend g2 with:
2. Ne3 Qxe3 wins a piece.
White cannot take on h3.
3. gxh3 Qf3+
4. Kg1 Bf2
5. Kf1 Bg3+
6. Kg1 Qf2+
7. Kh1 Qxh2 Mate.
Bh3…
Bh3
Bh3…
Bh3!
The mate on g2 can only be the move Ne3, taking the bishop on h3 will lead to mate with Qf3+ and Bf2#
Simply snap the Knight on e3 off with Qxe3.
Next move the rook to d2 and the game should be over.
Even if 1… Bh3 wasn’t sound, it’s an obvious shot, and the first move that any decent chess player should look at. If this wasn’t the first thing you checked out, then you might consider signing up for Ms. Polgar’s Chess University (and you might consider doing so anyway).
1… Bh3!
This is the first move that any good player will examine. It’s an obvious shot, threatening mate next move, and opening the diagonal for White’s Queen if the Bishop is captured.
2 Ne3
Black can’t ignore the threat of B(orQ)xg2#. It’s easy to see that capturing the pawn is also fatal, e.g. 2 gxh3 Qf3+, 3 Kg1 Bf2#. Therefore, the ONLY move that Black can make that MIGHT extend her game is the given move. White protects the g-pawn and guards against mate.
2… Qxe3
Adding pressure via 2… Re2 doesn’t do any good, as White is going to play 3 Qg1 anyway. It’s easy to see that the Bishop on h3 is still taboo.
3 Qg1
Playing 3 gxf3 mates after 3… Qf3+, 4 Kg1 Bf2+, 5 Kf1 Bg6+ (yes, Be6+ is a move faster, but the given move leads to a common pattern that it easier to see from the position before Black’s second move, which is what needs to be calculated in order to justify Qxe3), 6 Kg1 Qf2+, 7 Kh1 Qxh2#.
With this move, White tries to exchange Queens, even though a piece down, in order to neutralize Black’s attack.
3 …. Bf2
Yes, the chess engines say that 3… Qe2 is better, but this move is easier to understand over the board, and there are fewer variations to consider. When one has a sufficiently good move to dominate an opponent, there’s no reason to try what might be a slightly better one and risk missing a tactical shot and/or getting lost in the complications.
The given move stops the Queen trade, gets the Bishop closer to the action, and forces Black to move the Queen.
4 Qf1 Rd2!
Black brings her Rook into action.
5 Bd1
It’s obvious that the Bishop on h3 is still taboo, as 6 gxh3 Bh8!, and White will have to give up her Queen to stop mate.
Also, 5 Qc1 is no good because of 5 … Be1!, and White has to give up the Queen to prevent mate.
The alternative of 5 Bb2 leads to much the same thing as the main line.
With the given move, White tries to get the Bishop into the game.
5… Qxe4
If you can find the mate in 13, beginning with 5… Bxg2, 6 Kg3 Qxe4_+, more power to you. For lesser mortals, this move is simple and powerful; it stops the capture of the Bishop on h3, adds pressure to the g-pawn, and picks up another Pawn.
6 Bh5
The more obvious 6 Bf3 leads to the position in the main line, a move sooner.
6 …. g6
Black simply drives the Bishop away.
7 Bf3
White is forced to go to f3 anyway. With Black’s Queen now on e4, 7 Bd1 leads to a simple mate by 7… Bxg2+, 8 Qxg2 Qe1+ and mate next.
7 … Qxf3!
Simplification is the best plan here.
8 gxf3 Bxf1
9 Rxf1 Rxb2
Black is up a Bishop and two pawns, with an easy win.
Be2 to force the Knight away and drop the Rook down to the 2nd row?
1.Bh3! Ne3
2.Qxe3 winning a piece
worse is
1.Bh3 gxh3
2.Qf3+ Kg1
3.Bf2#
1. Bh3 gxh3
2. Qf3+ Kg1
3. Bf2#
Bh3
1. … Bh3
a) 2. gh Qf3+
3. Kg1 Bf2++
b) 2. Ne3 Qe3
b1)3. gh Qf3+
4.Kg1 Bf2+
5.Kf1 Be3+ and Qf2++
b2)3. Qf1 Rd2
From Spain..
1)…,Bh3 win
2)Ne3,Rd2
Greetings from Spain
Bh3
A.
gxh Qf3+
Kg1 Bf2#
B.
Ne3 Qxe3
gxh Qf3+
Kg1 Bf2+
Kf1 Bg3+
Kg1 Qf2+
Kh1 Qh2#
1.Bh3!! wins a piece or forces mate
1….Bh3! 2.Ne3 Qxe3 3.gxh3 Qf3+ 4.Kg1 Rd2! etc…