Black to move. How should black proceed?
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Black to move. How should black proceed?
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Rxd3 followed by Ng6, trapping the queen.
Rxd3! followed by Ng6 trapping the Q.
Rxd3! followed by Ng6 trapping the Q.
Rd3
Ng6 wins the white queen
Oh come ooooon! Way too easy.
Rook and Queen…
1.. Rd8xd3
Now if Nb2xd3 or Re3xd3
2.. Ng6 and the Queen has no escape square
Both
1. … Rxd3 (simplest, gains bishop)
and
1. … Rd4 (trapping queen)
look immediately winning, because of the threat Ng6 next.
A combined idea is:
1. … Rd4
2. Re4 (g4? Nf5!) Rxd3
and white should at least loose quality next and be down with a full rook.
I have to withdraw this suggestion:
1. … Rd4?
2. g4!
I find no good progress for black here. I hallucinated when playing this artificial move.
Correct must be:
1. … Rxd3
2. g4 (Rxd3? Ng6 traps queen) Rxe3
3. fxe3
White is nicely up with a bishop and wins easily.
Simple and no nonsense.
1. … Rxd3 wins a bishop. White can’t take back, otherwise…. 2. Rxd3 (or Nxd3) Ng6 and white loses his Queen. 0-1
1…R:d3 threatens 2 R:d3 Ng6 winning the white Q.
Oh, you published Ng6 so quickly…why?
I think the solution is indeed along that lines.
1. … Rxd3!
2. Rxd3/Nxd3 Ng6 0-1
Queen is trapped, Black wins Queen for Rook.
Well, it is pretty obvious the target here is that uncomfortable white queen. Now, my first thought was Rd4, but I think white can offer some defense with g4 both blocking the attack and giving the queen a hole to escape to:
1. …..Rd4
2. g4 Nf5!
3. Bf5 ef5
4. Qg3 f4 (Qg3 ok, too??)
5. Qh2 Rfd8
And black is clearly much better here, but black has an even better line at the first move:
1. …..Rd3!
Threatens Ng6 trapping the queen if white retakes at d3. This wins a piece outright.
pht,
I think 1. …Rd4 actually is winning, too, but 2.g4 is definitely the best defense for white. It is just that winning the bishop at d3 with the first move is superior.
To Yancey Ward:
Yes, the problem was that I at first thought Rd4 to be at least equal to Rd3. I missed something.
When I found out it wasn’t equal, I didn’t bother to investigate the line after g4 Nf5+ Bxf5 exf5 any further, even though I saw that line and thought black to be somewhat better.
To just pick a hanging piece at first move is superiour so this had to be the solution.