Black to move. How should black proceed?
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Black to move. How should black proceed?
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1…Nxh4 threatens mate on f3, seemingly forcing 2.Rxh4. Meanwhile the knight move also uncovered a double-attack by the bishop on b1, so Black picks up a pawn & the exchange. Is that right?
Congested area around the White King! There may be something better, but 1. … Nxh4 seems obvious. It wins a pawn and the exchange. White can’t capture the Queen because of Black’s threat of … Nf3 mate. If White stops the mate threat, e.g., with 2. Rxh4, Black plays 2. … Qxb1.
1………Nxh4 (threatening mate)
2. Rxh4 Qxb1
3. Bxf8 Qxd1+
and Black looks pretty good.
1 nxp wins
qxr and nd4
han
I think either Nd4 or Nh4 uncovering a double attack on the rook at b1 should win the exchange. White cannot take the queen without allowing Nf3#. Of the two moves, Nh4 should be superior since it also captures a pawn:
1. …..Nh4
2. Rh4 Qb1 should win
Both 1. .. Nxh4 and 1. .. Nd4 threaten .. Nf3# so both should win. I’ll choose 1 .. Nxh4 because it’s simpler and grabs a pawn straight off.
1. … Nxh4 2. Rxh4 Qxb1 3. Qxb1 Bxb1
maybe Nh4
The threat of Nf3# allows black to win material after Nxh4.
So Nxh4 Rxh4 Qxb1 Qxb1 Bxb1 Bxf8 Kxf8
Doesn’t look much to go on at first
glance, BQ threatened but WK crammed in. Then one spots poss. of
Nf5 getting to f3#
Question is Nf5 moves to where and should Qxb1 be first move?
I’ll go 1.Nd4! with dble attack on b1 plus threat Nf3# and wins exchange at least.
0-0-0
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Nf5-E3
Nxh4
I wonder what I may be missing here?
Natural seems:
1. Qxa2
and white is simply up with 2 pawns, seeming a likely win.
I have tried very hard to find something wrong with it, but couldn’t find it. Black Q can’t be trapped here?
I do notice that black may threat (e.g. after Ra1?) to play Qc4 followed by Nxh4!! (that pawn is terribly weak) or Qxc3+ if Ne2 moves. If white allows any of this his position should fall apart very soon…
1. … Nxh4 wins rook on c1. (2. Rxc2 Nf3#)
1…N:h4 for if 2. R:b2 then …Nf3#. So white must play 2. R:h4 Q:b1 and black is up an exchange and a couple of pawns.
1…Nxh4
If 2.Rxh4 then 2…Bxb1 or Qxb1 to simplify the game (3.Qxb1 Bxb1 is more or less forced)
If 2.Rxb2 then 2…Nf3#
Ne3 looks like a good try counterattacking the Queen and uncovering an attack on the b1 Rook, but after …Rxb2, Nxd1 Kxd1, Bxc5 Black has only managed a “flashy trade” as Jeremy Silman would call it.
Which leads to finding the impossible looking Nd4! still uncovering the attack on the Rook and winning the exchange, since if …Rxb2?, Nf3 is mate!
Even if none of that worked, Qxa2 is probably winning.
Nxh4