Black to move. Can you find the best continuation for Black?
Grob, Henry – Fuderer, Andrija (Dortmund 1951), presented by Andreas
8/5pkp/4b1p1/4Q3/3pBP1K/5P2/6q1/8 b – – 0 45
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Straightforward.
1…f6
2. Qxe6 Qh2+
3. Qh3 (forced or else 3. Kg4 h5 mate) Qxf4+
4. Qg4 Qh2+
5. Qh3 g5+
6. Kg4 h5+
7. Qxh5 f5+
8. Bxf5 Qf4+
9. Kh3 Qxf5+
10. Kg2 d3
11. Qe8 Qd5
12. Qe7+ Kg6 and black wins by bringing the king over to support the pawn
Straightforward… not for me.
OTB (Over The Board), I’d play
1. … Kh6 and look for some Fox and Chicken Coop way to win.
I didn’t work deeply enough to get the full benefit from
1. … f6
which is obviously from the anonymous post the correct answer.
But anonymous gets it wrong on White’s
8. Bxf5 as 8. … Q g2 ++ is checkmate.
So, the correct continuation is Kxg5 leading to a Queen trade and Black’s d pawn soon promoting for the win.
Thanks S and P! Very good exercise puzzle!
Peter / chesstoplay
No. There’s an even nicer win. As in the first post:
1…f6
2.Qxe6 Qh2+
3.Qh3 Qxf4+
4.Qg4 Qh2+
5.Qh3 g5+
6.Kg4 h5+
7.Qxh5 f5+
8.Bxf5 Qg2 is mate!!!!
1…f6
2. Qxe6 g5+
3. fxg5 fxg5+
4. Kh5 Qh2+
5. Qh3 Qxh3 mate
2. Qc7+ Bf2
3. Qd2 g5+
and rest of line same as above