White to move. What is White’s best continuation?
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White to move. What is White’s best continuation?
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Expanding on onesong’s comments:
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The move that catches my eye is 1 g6. White opens lines of attack for the g1 rook and the e3 bishop. I haven’t worked everything out, but here’s a sample:
1 g6 hxg6
2 fxg6 f6
3 Qh7+ Kf8
4 Bh6
and now the bishop is pinned due to Qf7# if it moves. Any attempt to protect the bishop will either drop the Q (by a skewer, as in 4 … Nb6 5 Qh8+ Ke7 6 Qxg7+ Kd8 7 Qxb7) or end in checkmate (4 … Re7 5 Qh8#). So the black K must flee for his life
4 … Ke7
5 Qxg7+ Kd8
and he has dropped his B.
I think it should be
1. f6 Bh8 or Bf8
2. g6 (allowing Bh6 by white)
I failed to find solution.
Chris falter’s line is beautiful.
But what if
1. g6 fxg6
2. fxg6 h6
3. Bxh6 Bxh6
4. Qxh6 Nb6
And now what?
Here’s a continuation after Abie Weiler’s line:
5 g7 b2
6 Rb1 Rab8
7 Qh8+ Kf7
8 g8(Q)+ Rxg8
9 Qh7+ +-
1.f6!
(1.g6?! hxg6 2.fxg6 nf6! 3.gxf7+ qxf7=/+ black is better)
1…nf8 what else?
(1…b2? 2.rc2 nf8 3.fxg7 ne6 4.qf3+-)
2.fxg7 ne6
3.rcf1 nxg7
4.qe2 qd7+
5.kh2 +- white is a piece up and has a winning position
(BTW 1. g6 fxg6 2. fxg6 h6 3. bxh6 will meet 3…nf6! and white will lose this!)
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4. Qxh6 Nb6
Nice solution by Chris falter.
Here is another line to complete
5. g7 Re7
6. Qh8+ Kf7
7. g8=Q+ Ra8xQg8
8. QxRg8+ Kf6
9. Rc-f1++