White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
Bh6 and Rg7
1. Bh6 looks really strong. Black can’t do anything against 2. Rg7 [Qf8 3. Rxh7] but sacrifizing his queen on g7.
After that material is almost even but white is much better – for example (after 2.-, Qxg7 3. Bxg7) white can simply play Qxh5-xh7 and push his free pawn.
I do not see a good black plan (beginning in move 1 and after Bg7) for counterplay.
White can even try to play Bh6 and mate the king….
Anything overseen?
Jochen
Bb4?
1. Bb4
The idea
Threatening: 2. R-g8+ QxR
3. Q-e7++
1..c6-c5
2. Bb4xc5 Nb8-c6
3. d4-d5 e6xd5
4. c4xd5 Qf7xd5
5. Qxh5+ Qd5-f7
6. Rg8++
Black cannot stop the white threat to mate on e7, as the knight is the only Black piece controlling e7, is threatened, and the Black queen is going to be diverted from e7 by the Rook dropping to g8.
1.Bh6 leaves Black helpless against the thread of 2.Rh7 winning the queen and the game because of the vulnarable position of black.
1. ..Qe7 looses to 2.Rg8+ Kf7 3.Rg7+ Kf8 or Ke8 4.Qxe7#
For example:
1.Bh6 Na6 2.Rg7 Qxg7 3.Bxg7 with a hopeless position for black.
The thread of Qf6 followed by Qf8 can’t be met without loosing more pieces or even be mated in a couple of moves
1.Bb4
There’s no way of preventing
2.Rg8+
followed by 3.Qe7++ mate.
1.Bb4. Black is helpless against Rd8+, Qe7++.
Bishop to h6.
The motifs: Troop placement, deflection and Pawns breaking through the center . Also I noticed that the king has no outlet . If Black spends a move on giving himself outlet by moving his bishop from d7, white is just going to continue with his original schema for example:
1. Bb4 c5
2. Bxc5 Nc6
3. d5 exd5
4. cxd5 Bd7-e6
5. d5xc6 bxc6
6. Rg8+ Kd7
7. RxRa8 white, with a big material and positional advantage is also threatening what seems like an uustoppable mate on d8
Bh6 est black can’t stop Rg7 …
Bb4 with the threat of Rg8+ looks winning cant see a defense against it but I only had a quick look so I might have overseen something
Bishop to h6
Bishop to h6!!!
Bb4? and black defends by c5 and Nc6
Bb4 Na6
Rg8 Qxg8
the queen has no where to go after Bb4.
Abie Weiler disse…
The motifs: Troop placement, deflection and Pawns breaking through the center . Also I noticed that the king has no outlet . If Black spends a move on giving himself outlet by moving his bishop from d7, white is just going to continue with his original schema for example:
1. Bb4 c5
2. Bxc5 Nc6
3. d5 exd5
4. cxd5 Bd7-e6
5. d5xc6 bxc6
6. Rg8+ Kd7
7. RxRa8 white, with a big material and positional advantage is also threatening what seems like an uustoppable mate on d8
an overview
There is a queen sacrifice on h5, Rg8#