Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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i think it´s something like
1. … Qxe3+
2. Bxe3 Rxe3 threatening Re1# or taking the queen
3. Qxe3 Bxe3+ and Bxd2 is also ggod for black
greets, jan
1….Qxe3+ !! 2.Bxe3 forced Rxe3 threatening Re1++ mate
I)3.Rh6++ or Rg7++ KxR
ii)3.Rxf6+ Rxd3+
The discovered check has to be guarded, and since Kh8 or Ne4 both look cilly, I find nothing else than:
1. Qxe3+ Bxe3
2. Bxe3+ Kf1/Kh1
3. Ne4
Looks kind of good, but I don’t know exactly how it is winning…
This is way too difficult.
With the discovered check threat, my first thought would be to find a way to attack white’s queen with my most vulnerable piece to the discovered check, if I couldn’t find a way to extricate my king. So, here, the very first thing I would look at is to capture at e3 with check. Without any real deep calculation, I can see that the white bishop at d4 need not necessarily be a problem because black simply creates a more powerful discovered checking threat:
1. …..Qe3
2. Qe3
It is easy to see Be3 is worse, but I will cover it after finishing with Qe3.
2. …..Re3
3. Bc5
Here, of course, Be3 just leaves white down massive material: [3.Be3 Be3 4.Kf1 Kg6]. Or [3.Rf6 Bd4! 4.Rf1 (4.Rf8 Re1#; 4.Ra7 Re7+) Re1 5.Kh1 Rf1 6.Nf1 Rf6+-]. Continuing:
3. …..bc5
4. f5
Here, Rg3 may or may not be better, but I can’t really tell- they look about the same to me overall, but f5 has more counterplay potential for white.
4. …..Be8
As black, I might be a bit worried if I didn’t move this bishop because of the threat of Ra6, but it might actually be better, hard to tell. For example: [Re7 5.Ra6 Bb5 (Rc7? 6.Nf3 with considerable counterplay) 6.Raf6 Rf6 7.Rf6 Re1 8.Kf2 Re2 9.Kf3 Rd2 and black should win, but it won’t be a walk in the park]. Continuing:
5. Ra7 Kh8
6. Rh6 Kg8 (Nh7?? 7.Rhh7+-)
7. h3
To prevent Ng4. Clearly, black is ahead having a piece for a pawn, but he will have to untangle things to make progress, and such actions are always fraught with danger. I actually now like the line 4. ….Re7 better now that I am looking at what arises after 4. ….Be8.
Back at move 2, white loses quickly if he captures with the bishop:
1. …..Qe3
2. Be3? Re3
And with the threat of Re1 double checkmate, and Kg6 should the queen leave the b1/h7 diagonal, or Rd3 with check should white play Rf6+, I don’t see anything better than
3. Ra7 Bd7!
Here, Nd7 4.Kf1 looks holdable for white since the bishop at c6 is hanging still.
4. Kf1
If there is anything better for white, I am not seeing it. Continuing:
4. …..Rd3
5. Rf6 Rf6
6. Rd7 Kg8 and black is up a rook for a pawn after black captures at f4.
I am going to go back and look for a better first move for black, but Qe3 looks winning to me.
1…Qxe3 2 Bxe3, Rxe3
Black is a piece up but there is threat of discovered check.so
1 Qxe3+ Qxe3
2 Rxe3 Bxc5
3 b6xc5 Rg3
Black is left with a piece up with no real threat.