White to move. Can White win this?
k6b/p7/5p2/8/8/5N2/4B3/6K1 w – – 0 0
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White to move. Can White win this?
k6b/p7/5p2/8/8/5N2/4B3/6K1 w – – 0 0
I think white can win this. If we start with 1.Ba6! to keep the black king boxed in. If black tries to run out we play Nd4-f5 and keep the B on h8 boxed in. Then the B and king combine to win the a-pawn and block the black king from helping the B.
If however black goes for 1…f5 to free the bishop and use the f-pawn to disturb white then we play Ng5-e6 which boxes in the black king and then we bring the white king over and should be checkmate or winning the bishop.
Below are sample lines for each of the black defensive tries.
1. Ba6 f5
(1… Kb8 2. Nd4 Kc7 3. Nf5 Kb6 4. Bc8 a5 5. Kf2 a4 6. Ke3 Kb5 7. Kd3
Kb4 8. Be6 a3 9. Kc2 Ka4 10. Kc3)
2. Ng5 f4
3. Ne6 Be5
4. Kg2 Kb8
5. Kf3 Bc7
6. Ke4 Bd6
7. Kd5 Ba3
8. Kc6 f3
9. Kd7 f2
10. Nd8 f1=Q
11. Nc6+ Ka8
12. Bxf1 Kb7
13. Na5+ Kb6
14. Nc4+ 1-0
You are one sick man, my friend.
Zibbit, I bet you can’t do that again. Not even on instant replay.
Absolutely magical!
Bad luck then. Without the two black pawns it would be a draw.
Indeed, if you remove either Black pawn it’s a draw.
yep, zibbit is the man, check out his videos on chessvideos.tv