White to move. Can you find a way for White to attack Black?
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White to move. Can you find a way for White to attack Black?
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1. Nd5 is the move in my opinion and it is winning at least a piece.
Black must take the knight for if he does’nt, his knight on f6 falls. But black cannot capture the d5 knight with the bishop(e.g.1..Be6xd5 2. QxQe7 ). Neither can the knight be taken with the rook ( e.g. 1..Rd8xd5 2. e4xd5 and if 2…Nxd5 than 3. QxRh8!! )
Black suffers heavy material loss.
Leonid
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Leonid, I dont understand how black loses a mahor piece if white plays Nd5, black Nd5. White would have to recapture with the e4 pawn. White cannot capture black rook because in this line of events, black rook is still present on d8.
Akin.
You are right. Let me clarify my point : 1. Nd5 NxNd5 2. e4xd5 Rxd5 3. Qe5xh8 ( If 2..Bxd5 3. Qe5xQe7 and so all other bishop moves lose). Therefore, the bishop falls.
I think Nd5 is the move the puzzle is asking for. What interests me is how we come up with moves like this. Computers, I guess, use brute force here. How do people do it? I wish more Grandmasters would reveal their actual thought processes, not only their moves and analysis.
English is slower than chess language in explaining this, but a rough translation of my thought process is as follows:
A knight on c6 would be nice, forking queen and rook. How? Knight to b5, to a7+, to c6? No mate threat on c7 after Nb5 because of Black’s queen. Too slow; Black responds easily (…Kb7 after Na7+). Reject. Does Black have a discovered attack on my queen (bishop to someplace)? No; the f3 knight protects. What do I do if Black plays …Nd7? Can’t mess with Qxh8; no follow-up. Wait; Black’s bishop is pinned. How to exploit? Why would the bishop like to move? Nd5? Knight takes, pawn retakes, bishop pinned, if rook takes then QxR. Okay. Same if rook goes first. Bishop can’t move. 2 attacks on knight. Any defense to f6? Nd5 looks good. What am I missing?
That’s roughly how I came up with the move.
Anyone else?