White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
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1. Bb3 (threatening Bc2 on his next move).
Black would find it hard to stop the Bc2 move.
1.e4! threats 2.e5
If 1… Qxe4 2.Re1 is killing Black on e8
@kibitzer: 1.Bb3 is to slow
1… Qxe3+ 2.Kh1 Qd3!
1) Nd4! Threatening both 2) Bd3 and 2) Nf5.
1.Nd4 runs into 1.-Q:e3+ (just as 1. Bb3 or 1. Bd3). 1.e4 runs into 1.-Qc5+.
What else? I tried to make 1.N:g5 work: 1. – fg5: (or first 1.-Q:e3+ 2.Kh1) 2.Be6 with the idea 3.Bf5. But here 2.-Rd5! seems to defend.
What am I missing/what are we missing? Is the quiet 1.Kf2 required? Or is there even something wrong with the position? My line would work if the c-pawn was on c7 rather than c6 … .
I gave up this problem. I gave it to the computer to solve. The computer ( Crafty) did not give me a clear win for White. This problem is a bit strange.
Not sure this is right, but I’d do Kf2 with the intent of doing hxg5 next move. After fxg5 followed by Nxg5, and then the h file is opened up if the knight is taken, in which case we have Rh1. However, black could play g4, sacrificing the g pawn to keep the h file open. I think that only delays it a bit.
1. f8=Q
1.Bb3 Qe3+
2.Kh1 Qd3
3.f8Q+
and white wins
3. … Rf8 the Queen
or
3. … Bf8
4. Qg8# the king