White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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Rc6
1. Rc6 wins
if
1… Qa7
2. Rxa6
and black is a rook down
if
1… QxQ
2. dxQ
and again black is a rook down
Bb7 Qxc7 dxc7 wins a rook
1. Rc6!! Qxc7 2. dxc7 with decisive advantage.
Alternatives:
1. – Qxc6 2. Bxc6 winning more material.
2. – Qa7 2. Rxa6 Qxa6 3. Qxd8 winning.
re Lorfa’s comment, so Qxc7 is no good. But if Ra7, (after Bb7), then Bxc8 and if Rxc7 then dxc7 followed by Bxd7 and the pawn queens. Looks good to me
Lorfa, I don’t think Bb7 loses, but I think Ra7 is a better defense for black than the exchange at c7.
Like Lorfa, I was enamored of Bb7 and it’s cousin Bc6, but eventually stumbled into what looks like the most forcing move of all:
1. Rc6!
The point is the attack on the queen at b6 which is black’s only defender of the rook at d8! This more or less forces black to to exchange at c7 since the options are not really better:
1. …..Qc7 (alternatives below)
2. dc7 and black will lose a rook or white will gain a queen.
Now, black could choose not to exchange, but he still is going to lose a rook:
1. …..Qa7
2. Ra6 Qc7 (Qa6 3.Qd8 Qa7 4.Bd5)
3. dc7 again bags a rook. Or
1. …..Ra7
2. Rb6 Rc7
3. dc7 wins. Or, finally:
1. …..Qc6
2. Bc6 Rc6 (Ra7 3.Qd8 wins)
3. Qd8 Rd6
4. Rd1 Rd1
5. Nd1 wins with ease.
1Rc6 Qxc7
2dxc7 wins a R and the game.
Rc6
Rc6
1. Rf6!
The idea is to either force the black Queen to move or exchange Queens.
Can’t go to other square because the rook on d8 is hanging. Forcing
the exchange would leave his two rooks hanging as well.
1. … Qxc7
2. dxc7 Rd8-e8
3. Rxa6 and white should win.
1. … Qxc6
2. Bxc6
1. … Qa7
2. Rxa6 then Qxd8 next
Nice finish from Clermont Tony.
But a good fight by an old team mate of mine, Pete Mercs from Nottingham, despite being vastly outrated.
Wow, I totally missed that Bxc6 isn’t allowed, otherwise I would quickly have found Rc6…
Since I did think of Bb7 Qxc7?? dxc7 gaining a rook, but had to give up that since black plays Ra7…