White to move. What is the best continuation for White?
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White to move. What is the best continuation for White?
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I’m just an average player but this is what I came up with:
Bxh6 gxh6
Nb5 Nf4
Qd2 Qe7
Nd6 Ng6
Ndxf7+ kg8
Rxg6+ Bg7
Qxh6 Qxf7
Nxf7 Kf8
Qxg7+ ke7
Ne5+ kd6
Qd7#
Nb5 followed by Nd6. f7 is the weakness
1.Nb5 Qe7 2.Nd6 Qxd6 3.Nxf7+ Kg8 4.Nxd6 Bxd6 5.Rg6 Kh8 6.Qd3
Too hard.
1. Nb5 Qe7 2. Nd6 and Black is in deep trouble. Other Queen moves aren’t any better, they just allow 2. N:f7+ Kg8 3. N:h6+.
Nb5 to get Q off of the 7-rank, threatening Nxf7+.
Ne5
Nb5 – De7
Nd6 – Rd8
Ndxf7+ – Kg8
Nxh6+ – Kh8
Ng6#
1. Nb5
1.Nb5 Qe7 (trying to defend f7)
2.Nd6 and the f7 pawn falls.
(Of course not now Qxd6, since Nf7+ wins the queen.)
instinctively i would simply go fr d queen with Nb5….
…. Qc8 2)Nxf7+ Kg8 3)Nxh6+ Kh8
4)Nf7+ Kg8 5)N(b5)d6 Bxd6 6)Nxd6 and fork …should be an easy win
…. Qb8 2)Nxf7+ Kg8 3)Nxh6+ Kh8 white is 2 pawns up
should be a win if played correctly
…. Qe7 2)Nd6 Rb8 3)N(e5)xf7+ Kg8
4)Nxh6+ Kh8 5)N(d6)f7+ Qxf7(forced) white wins easily
with 2 bishops, a rook and a queen eyeing d king
there has to be a forced mate here which i think i m missing
1. Nb5 Qe7
(1. .. Qb8 2. Nxf7+ Kg8 3. Nxh6+ Kh8 4. Nf7+ Kg8 5. Bg6 Ne7 6.Nh6+ gxh6 7. Qxe6+ Kh8 8. Bxe8 Neg8 9. Qf7)
2. Nd6 Red8
(2. .. Qxd6 3.Nxf7+ Kg8 4. Nxh6+ Kh8 5. Nf7+ Kg8 6. Nxd6 Bxd6)
3. Ndxf7+ Kg8 4. Nxh6+ Kh8 5. Ng6+ Kh7 6. Nxe7+ g6 7. Bxg6+ Kg7 8. Bb1+ Ng4 9. Qxg4+ Kh8 10. Nf7#
I’m low rated (~1600) but I would say Bxh3 followed by Ne4
That is a crazy position. It looks like black has a weak f7. 1. Nb5 (threatening the queen and f7) Qe7 (to guard f7) 2. Nd6! (forking rook, bishop, and f7 pawn while the night is remarkably immune because of Nf7+ (forking Queen and King).
An alternative second move for white might be Bg6.
I irritatingly missed this one.
1. Nb5 was indeed my very first idea, it looked instinctively good. And I did see the f-pawn as a target, but I wrongly saw the field d6 as protected by a bishop!
Typical chess blindness I guess.