White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
When I played through this game yesterday, I thought it made for a nice chess tactic problem for Ms. Polgar’s blog. Giri won with
1. d5! Kd5
Black cannot protect with Rc3 since white just takes with the rook and after the rooks are exchanged, white is up a knight for a pawn and has a decisive endgame similar to what follows below. Continuing:
2. Rc6! Kc6
It will do black no good to not capture. If he tries to protect the vulnerable h-pawn with Rb7, white can just play his rook to the 8th rank, then to g8 and g7. The other option for black is play Rb1 and Rh1 to get at the white h-pawn, but white can protect it with Kg5 and then move to g7 via f6 if the black rook checks from g1. Continuing:
3. Nd4 Kd5
4. Nb3 Kc4
5. Nc1 e3
6. Kf3 Nd4
7. Ne2 Kd3
8. Ng3 and black is in zugzwang and must lose the e-pawn since Kd2 allows the fork with Nf1.
Hello
1. d5 , Kxd5
2. Rxc6, Kxc6
3. Nd5÷ , K moves
4. Nxb3 winning
Greetings from Spain
1.d5! Kxd5 2.Rxc6 Kxc6 3.Nd4+ and wins.
Clear with 1. d5!, and then Rc6: and fork at d4. 1-0
1d5 2Rxn 3knight fork wins
1.d5 Kxd5 2.Rxc6 Kxc6 3.Nd4+
The easy part, relatively speaking, is the first few moves. It still takes a lot of technique to win this game after winning Black’s knight.
1. d5 Kxd5 2. Rxc6 Kxc6
It is hard to say what Black’s best chance would be here in an over-the-board situation. Walking into the knight fork, and hoping that White errs on move 10 (in the main line) with Kxe3 may be Black’s best chance, or else Black can try the stubborn 2. … Rb1 here.
3. Nd4+ Kd5 4.Nxb3 e3 5. Nc1 Ke4 6. Ne2 Kd3 7. Kf3 Kd2 8. Nd4 Kd3 9. Nb3 Kc3
(9. .. Kc4 10. Nc1 Kd4 11. Ne2+ Kd3 12. Ng3 transposes into the main line)
10. Nc5
(10. Kxe3? Kxb3 11. Ke4 Kc4 12. Ke5 Kc5 13. Kf6 Kd6 14. Kg7 Ke7 15. Kxh7 Kf7 16. Kh8 Kf8 17. h7 Kf7 18. f5 gxf5 is stalemate.)
10. … Kd2 11. Ne4+ Kd3 12. Ng3 Kd4
(12. .. Kd2 13. Nf1+)
13. Ke2 winning.
Lucymarie
1. d5 – Kxd5
2. Txc6 – Kxc6
3. Sd4
Hi Susan Polgar,
Well,nice puzzle – lengthier set of moves.
Draw is easy but to win,all depends on the opponent’s strength.
To me,White’s any one of the given below,initial move has upper hand for white.
The moves are – Na3 / f5 / Ra1
If none gives,the required set of moves for white to win till tomorrow,then I will give it.
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Venky [ India – Chennai ]
Hi Susan Polgar,
My second post for this puzzle – My preferred,any one of the initial move was – Na3 / f5 / Ra8.
[ Posted again,since I wasn’t sure whether I had typed “Ra1/Ra8” – in my previous post : “Ra8” is one of the correctly,preferred choice of mine not “Ra1”].
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Venky [ India – Chennai ]
1. d5, freeing d4 for the knight fork to come.
1. … Kxd5.
2. Rxc6 Kxc6.
3. Nd5+ and
4. Nxb3.
My first instinct said f5 but that did not work out. The pawn on d4 is quite weak. So I would try
1. d5, Kxd5
2. Rxc6, Kxc6
3. Nd4, Kd5
4. Nxb3, e3
5. Nc1 and the e3 pawn as well as the game cannot be saved
Hi Susan Polgar,
Well,as expected many strongly inclined towards “d5” initial move by white – its true that its a clever and fruitful move but if the Black piece player is an expert,then he knows that the chance for the draw or win isn’t evaded from him/her at this point of time.
Okay just for fun – I am ready to represent Black piece though the chances of draw or win is bleak,
anybody interested can represent white piece – come on,lets play it for fun.
Play goes as below [ I am representing Black piece ]
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1.d5 K*d5
2.R*Nc6 Rb5
3.Move awaited !
Now interested white piece player can post their third move – just for fun – play guys.
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Venky [ India – Chennai ]