Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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Qxa4 – pins Rook to Queen.
1..Qxd3
2. Qxc1 Qxd2 wins rook
2. Rxd3 Rxd1+ 3.Rxd1 Rxd1+ wins rook as well
2. Bxd3 Rxd1+ 3.Rxd1 Bc4 4.Bxc4 Rxd1+ wins exchange
Rd3 Rd3
Rd1 Rd1
Bb3 Rd2
Bc4
How to avoid just a balanced exchange of pieces?
I think this looks like:
1. Qxd3! Bxd3 (Rxd3? Rxd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1+)
2. Rxd1+ Rxd1
3. Bg4! Rd2
4. Bf5!
Bishop trapped, can’t defend rook being on wrong colour.
Have to finish my line, all enforced:
1. … Qxd3
2. Bxd3 Rxd1+
3. Rxd1 Bg4
4. Rd2 Bf5
5. Bxf5 Rxd2
6. Bc8 Rxb2
This final win of a pawn (white was up with one) defending b7 makes black up with quality and the win must be certain.
1 qxr 2 Bxq rxq 3 Rxr bb3 or g4 wins
Knew that there was an X-ray attack somewhere, but it took sometime to find out the finishing touch.
1……. Qxd3!
2. Bxd3
( 2. Qxc1 Qxd2-+ )
( 2. Rxd3 Rxd1+ -+ )
2……. Rxd1+
3. Rxd1
I could see upto this, but there wasn’t much I could see after this. And then I saw this nice finish.
3….. Bb3!!
4. Rd2 Bc4!
Black wins a piece.
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At first, I was sure that just capturing at d1 would win, but the setup doesn’t quite work:
1. …..Rd1
2. Rd1
If white moves the king, black just caputures at d2 with check again. Continuing:
2. …..Qa4
3. Rd8 Kg7
4. Rad4 and white has two rooks for the queen. I would rather be black agains most opponents, but techhically, white should have a slight edge in this position.
In the above line, my initial thought was to capture at d3 at move 2 as black, but I quickly realized there were no pins to be had on a bishop at d3 since white would not have to recapture with a bishop there at move 3. This lead me to look next at the pseudo-sacrifice of the queen at d3 first, and this does give black the advantage since white then has a nasty choice to make:
1. …..Qd3
Double attacks the rook at d2 which is actually unsupported even once since the white queen is pinned to the king. There is no way to not lose at least an exchange:
2. Qc1? Qd2 wins a rook;
Or:
2. Rd3 Rd1!
3. Rd1 Rd1 wins a rook;
White does best to capture with the bishop at d3:
2. Bd3 Rd1
3. Rd1 Bg4!
This is what I had in mind in the first line before realizing it was no good. The white rook has no other white square from which to protect the now pinned bishop, and must concede material:
4. Rd2 Bf5
5. e6
One last trick:
5. …..fe6! (Be6? 6.Kf2!)
6. Bf5 Rd2
7. Be6 Kf8
8. b3 but black is up an exchange for a pawn. This is not a trivial win, but the edge is decisive.
1. Dxd3 Lxd3
2. Txc1 Txc1
3. Lg4 Td2
4. Lf5
1. .. Qxd3
2. Rxd3 Rxd1+
3. Rxd1 Bb3
4. Rd2 Bc4
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Qxd3
1. Dxd3 Lxd3
2. Txc1 Txc1
3. Lg4 Td2
4. Lf5
To Yancey Ward:
We certainly agree upon:
1. … Qxd3
2. Bxd3 Rxd1+
3. Rxd1 Bg4
4. Rd2 Bf5
Now it is a question how white would try to save this.
5. e6 (!)
I must admit I excluded this move because I thought black would be up with a whole piece here, but (as usual) I overlooked something:
5. … Rxd3??
6. e7! Re3
7. Rd8+ and white is up with quality and pawn and going to win.
So it has to be as you say:
5. … fxe6
6. Bxf5 Rxd2
7. Bxe6+ Kg7
8. b3!
So 5.e6 must be correct then, nice observation!
PS
Why do most people here not look for best moves from opponent?