White to move. What is the best continuation for White?
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I go for Rxc6, with posteriors Rxf7, Bxe4, and Qxa6 depending on how the client plays 🙂
i prefer 1 Bf4 if 1 … BxBf4 RxNa1 with mate treats win
and if the bishop go anywhere (d4 for exemple)or be protected by queen or rook the way for e4 is now clear for the white queen ( for her or to protect the bishop Bxe4 )so 2 RxBc6 now win easily
1 Bf4 if 1 … BxBf4 RxNa1 with mate treats
Black’s king position is sure drafty, isn’t it? But after (say) 2…Bxd6 3.Qxa6+ Kb8 everything seems to be under control. I can’t guarantee that Black can consolidate his huge material edge, but neither do I see how White can exploit the Swiss cheese nature of Black’s queenside.
1.Rxc6 (threatening 2.Rc7+) looks nasty. Do you see a way out for Black after 1…Rc8 2.Rxc8+ Rxc8 3.Bxe4+? (Does Black have an improvement in this line?)
1. Bxe4. If
1. … Bxe4
2. Rc7+and the black queen is done
but any move other than … Bxe4 leads rapidly to mate by way of Bxc6+
Mark
I take that all back, since I didn’t see that 1. … Bxe4 is check.
Mark
1Bf4
aiko
Rc6
1Rxc6 Qxc6
2Rxf7+ Rd7
3Rxd7+ Qxd7
4Bxe4+ Qc6
5Qc4
Very strange puzzle, since white is lost. Rybka confirmed that.
Very strange puzzle, since white is lost. Rybka confirmed that.
Would you mind sharing with us what Rybka suggests in response to 1.Rxc6?