White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
I think, that the solution is 1.Bb5, as this gains tempo after black retreats the Q. After which we can play 2.Qd3 and win an exchange.
Bb5? loses a piece to 1…Qxb5.
Edit: After this, white can play 2.Qd3 I said we since, a short while ago, I was voting for a vote game.
1. Rxd7!
1. Rxd7 and 2. Bb5 winning the black queen
Rxd7
I would take the bishop with my rook. Blacks King or Queen recaptures… Then Bishop to b5 pinning blacks Queen to the king. So white gets a queen and a bishop for a rook and a bishop.
I like Rxd7 which after QorK takes Bb5 wins a queen for a rook an a piece
It has to be Rd7 and then Bb5.
If you play Bb5 first then black can play Qb5.
1. Rxd7! and if Black recaptures with either his Q or K White has 2. Bb5.
b-b5 is not so good after …qxb.
1 rxd7 removes a defender of the b5 square.
Another Groundhog Day.
The intervals are getting shorter and shorter. Down to 3 days, now.
I think Rxd7 followed by Bb5 – if K or Q xd7. Otherwise just a piece more…
1.Rxd7 and if black takes the rook 2.Bb5
You are right because I forgot that black can take back do to the B. So, it is 1.Rxb7, and when black takes back, that’s when white can pin and win the Q.