Black to move. How should black proceed?
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Black to move. How should black proceed?
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1… e1(Q)+
2. Kxe1
if 2. Rxe1, Qxa4 wins the queen.
2 ….. Qxc5
3. Nd2 Qg1+
4. Nf1 Qxg2
and white’s position is hopeless. the bishop is attacked, and black’s rook is also threatening to come to c2
I had already played through this game. Pushing the e-pawn makes life difficult for white’s minor pieces:
1. …..e1(Q)
2. Ke1
Of course, Re1 hangs the queen at a4. Continuing:
2. …..Qc5
The main threat here besides the direct attack on the knight is Qg1 followed by Qg2. White can move the knight to d6, move it to d2, or support it with Rc1. None of these look:
3. Nd6 Qg1
4. Kd2 Qg2
5. Ke3
If the king plays to d1 or d3, black plays Qf3 with check, and if he goes back to e1, Rc2 will still force white to give up the queen for the rook to prevent mate. Continuing:
5. …..Rc2 and if there is a defense here for white better than Qxc2, I am not seeing it.
Or, at move 3:
3. Nd2 Qe3!
4. Kf1
Or [4.Kd1 Rd8 5.Bc1 Rac8-+]. Continuing:
4. …..Qd2-+.
Or, at move 3:
3. Rc1 Qg1
4. Kd2 Qg2
5. Ke3 Rc4
Looked at this for a while and see nothing better. Continuing:
6. Rc4 Qb2
7. Qc6 Qe5
8. Re4 Qd5 and black should win this fairly easily.
1… e1Q 2. Ke1 Qc5 3. Nd2 Qe3 should be winning
Q x c5 +
Qxc5+ and Black wins. What is the problem?
1. …, Qxc5+,
2. Kxe2 (Kg3 is worse at it loses White’s Knight as well as provides support to the passed pawn at e2), Qxc4+,
3. Ke3 (Kf2 or e1 is worse due to Qh4+ and further loss of king side pawns), Rd8
4. Rd1, Rf8 etc.
Hi Susan Polgar,
Well,its fairly simple puzzle – it has variations.
Black will win the game in ease.
Example one
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1… e1(Q)+
2.K*Qe1 Q*c5
3.Nd6 Qg1+
4.Kd2 Q*g2+
5.Ke3 Rc2
6.Rc1 Qe2+
7.Kd4 Qf2+
8.Ke4 Qe2+
9.Kd4 Rd2+
10.Kc3 Qe3+
11.Kc4 Qd3+
12.Kc5 Qe3+
13.Kc4 Qd3+
14.Kc5 R*b2
15.Qb5 Qe3+
16.Kc6 Q*Rc1+
17.Kb7 Rf8
18.Qd7 Qh6
19.Nc8 Rd2
20.Ne7+ Kh8
21.Qc7 Rd8
22.Nc6 Rc8
23.Qe7 b3
24.Qa3 Qe3
25.Qd6 b2
26.Qd1 Qc3
27.Ne7 Qc7+
28.Ka6 Ra8++ Mate
Example Two
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1…e1(Q)+
2.K*e1 Q*c5
3.Nd6 Qg1+
4.Kd2 Q*g2+
5.Ke3 Rc2
6.Rc1 Qe2+
7.Kd4 Qf2+
8.Kd3 Rd2+
9.Kc4 Qe2+
10.Kb3 R*Bb2
11.Ka3 Ra2+
12.Kb3 Qb2+
13.Kc4 Q*Rc1+
14.Kb5 Ra8b8+
15.Ka6 R*Qa4+
16.Ka7 Qc7+
17.Ka6 Qb6++ Mate
Black wins the game.[Playing both the colors myself,on my manual chess board,takes time ]
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]
1…e1(Q)+ 2 Kxe1, Qxc5
If I had come to this problem without having seen it on Chessbomb, I would probably have looked at Qc5 first, but white can retreat his knight to block the check, and control the c2 square with one additional man:
1. …..Qc5
2. Ne3
Every other move just drops the knight and the game. Now, I can’t really find any winning moves for black, though his two extra pawns and the e2 pawn probably give him an easy draw. The game might continue:
2. …..e1(Q)
3. Re1 Rd8
4. Ke2 Rab8
5. Ra1 Qb5 (to mobilize a5/b4)
6. Qb5 Rb5
7. f4
And I don’t see any ready way for black to make use of the passed pawns- he simply has too little material vs the rook, knight, and bishop.
Hi Susan Polgar,
Well,I had already given the winning possibilities for Black.
There is other combination too for black’s win,I thought that somebody will hold on to that line of combination but none did as of now,so let me just given partial set of moves which will lead the Black to win.
Example
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1… e1(Q)+
2.K*Qe1 Q*Qa4
3.R*Qa4 R*c5
4.Nd6 Rc2
5.Bd4 R*g2
6.Kf1 R*h2
7.Ra1 b3
8.Rb1 Rb8 [ From here Black can win – so anybody interested can try to complete for Black’s win ]
Note : I never take,any reference from any site / anybody /any software while trying to solve the puzzle.
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]