Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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1…Bxd4
[A] 2. Bxd4 Qc1+
[B] 2. Qxd4 Qc2+
In both cases, Black checkmates soon.
1..Bxd4 comes immeiately to the eye.
1…Bxd4 wins. 2.Qxd4 Qc2 3.Ka2 Ra8
1.Bxd4
deflects either the Black Bishop or Queen from protection of the vital c1 and c2 square respectively, leading to mate after
2.Qc1/2+
3.Ra8+
1.. Bxd4 looks pretty damaging
2. Qxd4 loses to 2… Qc2+ and … Ra8+
2. Bxd4 loses to 2… Qc1+ and … Ra8+
if white declines to take, then 2… Bxb2 is threatened. To prevent that, white cannot plan 2. Nc4 because of 2…Bxe4 winning the queen.
The desperate 2. h5 doesn’t work either: 2. h5, Bxb2
1 .. Bxd4, with the threat of Bxb2, followed by a check from c3; White can’t capture with the bishop, because of Qc1+. Another line is
2. Qc4 .. Be4+
3. Kc1 .. Qd7. I’m sure there are a lot of players who’ve already posted a complete solution. I just agree with them! 🙂
I am sure we had this some time ago (may be about a year or at least many months). 1. -, Bxd4 should win. 2. Qxd4?, Qc2+ or 2. Bxd4?, Qc1+ each followed by 3. -, Ra8+ are impossible to play.
Black threats 2. -, Bxb2 and if 2. Kxb2, Qc1+. As 3. -, Qc3 winning the knight is also a threat 2. Rh1 is not a sufficient defense. 1. Nc4 leads to Bxe4.
So I’d say white is lost after 1. -, Bxd4. I can’t remember exactly if we found a better defense lately so it was again a good exercise. :-))
Best wishes and a beautiful chess day to all of you
Jochen
Bishop x d4 looks like a winner. Either takes unprotect a checking square.
1… Bxd4 allows black to emerge a minor piece up in the endgame.
White cannot take the black bishop since 2. Bxd4 Qc1+ and 2. Qxd4 Qc2+ both lead to checkmate. White cannot move his b2 bishop which is being attacked – it has nowhere to go. It cannot support the b2 bishop – 2. Nc4 Bxe4 loses his queen. So the best black can do is to say bye-bye to his bishop and ensure he does not suffer any further big loss. He tries to protect the weak c1 square by:
2. Rh1 Bxb2
3. Kxb2 Qc3+
4. Qxc3 bxc3+
5. Kc2 cxd2+
6. Kxd2 Bxe4
7. Re1 Bf5
and black is a minor piece up for a pawn.
Bxd4
that took me about 10 seconds to find that move. are these amateurs playing here.