Black to move. How can Black save this game?
k2r1Q2/bp6/p1p4r/P3q3/2B1PQp1/6P1/1R4KP/1R6 b – – 0 1
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Black to move. How can Black save this game?
k2r1Q2/bp6/p1p4r/P3q3/2B1PQp1/6P1/1R4KP/1R6 b – – 0 1
well, there is really not much choice for black.
1… rxh2+
white cannot take the rook. 2. kxh2, Qh5+ 3. Kh2, Qh3#
so white has to play
2. kf1.
Black has no choice but to go for the perpetual:
2… rh1+
3. K-any, Rh2+
The white king cannot go through the d-file because of the rook, so it’s stuck.
1.Rxh2 Kf1 (1…Kxh2 2.Qh5+ Kg2 3.Qh3#)
2.Rh1+ Kg2 0r Ke2
3.Rh2+ perpetual
Pradeep Nag
pradeep the notorious computer cheat.
‘pradeep the notorious computer cheat.’
Why?
It doesn’t seem so simple as Pradeep suggests.
1… Rxh2
2. Kf1 Rh1+
3. Ke2 Rh2+
4. Ke1 (4. Qf2 fails to … Qe4+ 5. Kf1 Rh1+ 6. Qg1 Rg1#)
4. … Qc3+ (not 4…Rh1+ 5. Bf1) and this might hold. At some point Black must do Rf8, and on Qf8, go Bb8 while still having enough targets. Will post later after more analysis.
4. Ke1 is suicidal for white
indeed after 4. Ke1 white loses, the move for black being Qc3+.
Now 5. Kf1 fails to Qxc4+ followed by mate.
If 5. Qd2, then Rhd2 and white has to give up the other queen as well (and more) to fend off the threat of Rd1++#.
If 5. Rd2, then again Rhd2 and white again has to go at least a rook behind if it has to meet the threat of Rd1 mate.
What about …R:h2+, Kf1 Rh1+, Ke2 Rh2+, Qf2?