White to move. How should White proceed?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Breaking through the defense
About Author
White to move. How should White proceed?
1. Bxf7 Kf8
(…Kxf7 2. Nd8 Rxd8 3. Qxe7+ Kg8 4. Qxd8+ K move 5. Re7#; or 2.…Kf8 3. Nxb7)
2. Bxe8 Ne5
3. Nxe5 dxe5
4. Bc6
Blacks weakest point seems to be Pawn on e7, as only the rook is guarding at the moment.
Realizing this 1. Nd8 seems logical to force the rook to leave this point.
..Rxd8 Moving queen and black looses at least its Nf7.
2. Bxf7+ and King cannot take
( ..Kxf7 3. Qxe7+ and loosing rook or even checkmate in few moves)
.. Kg7 3. Qxe7 winning
It’s my first time posting here, I hope I am right
1. Bxf7 wins a piece, but anonymous’s plan 1. Nd8 is more decisive. after 3. Qe7, there are no more adequate defences:
3. … Ne5
4 Qxf6+ (4 Qxd8? Qxf7 5 Qxc8 gxh3 and black is still alive, sort of)
4 … Kh7 and now both Rxe5 or Qxd8 win immediately–black has to give the queen or be mated)
3. … Rf8
4 Be6+ Kh8
5 Bxd7
and now:
5 … Qxd7 6 Qxf8+ Kh7 7 Re7+;
5 … Kg8 6 Be6+ Kh8 [ Bxe6 7 Qxb7] 7 Qxf8+ Kh7 8 Qg8++;
5 … Bxd7 6 Qxf8+ Kh7 7 Re7++
Bxf7+ Kxf7
Nd8+ Rxd8
Qxe7+ Kg8
Qxd8+ Kg7
Re7++
1.Bxf7+ is imo the only way…
1.Nd8? Rxd8 2.Bxf7+ Kh8! 3.Qxe7 Rf8 4.Rxf6 Rh7 And black is at least not worse…
1…Kxf7
2.Nd8+ Rxd8
3.Qxe7+ Kg8
4.Qxd8+ Nf8
5.Rxf6 Qg7
6.Re8 +-