White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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1. Bxf5 exf5 2. e6 Qxg3 3. exd7+ Kxd7 4. fxg3 wins material. 1-0
1.B:f5 e:f5 2.e6 (…B:e6 3.Q:c7)Q:g3 3.e:d7+ K:d7 f:g3
1.Bxf5 exf5 2.e6 (..fxe6 or ..Bxe6 3.Qxc7) Qxg3 3.exd7+ Kxd7 4.fxg3
It looks to me that Bxf5 is promising as a way to clear the path for the e-pawn:
1. Bf5 ef5 (any better?)
2. e6
Opens a discovered attack on the unprotected black queen while also attacking the bishop at d7. Black can take at g3, but white will capture at d7 with check before retaking the queen. Seems to win a piece for a pawn to me.
1. Bxf5 exf5
2. e6. Qxg3
3. exd7+ Kxd7
4. fxg3
1.Bxf5 (removes the attack on the threatened White queen)
1…exf5 (unblock alas the e5 pawn)
2.e6 (direct attack on the Bd7, discovered attack on the Qc7)
2…Qxg3
3.exd7+ (intermediate move, or zwischenzug, very important. without it, the combination would be unsound)
3…Kxd7
4.fxg3 and White is a whole piece up, without any compensations
@Yancey: you were absolutely right about Lamoss study. Busted.
Happy new year you all!
Neat!
1. Bxf5 exf5
2. e6! 1-0
White wins a piece after Bxf5, exf5 and now e6! The Queen and black Bishop are hanging and because white captures whith a check, a piece is lost. Good example of pins and why your pieces should be connected somehow.
Nice and tricky.
1Bxn 2e6 black will be bishop dawn
Cortex,
In Lamoss’s defense, he didn’t have easy access to tablebases.