Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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1…d4 2.Qd7 Qxb6
a)3.Rxd4 Bc5!
b)3.Bxd4 Qc7!
I think Bxf4 wins a pawn and opens up the file.
Perhaps there’s something stronger, but the obvious move is 1. … d5, which attacks the Q, attacks the B, and removes the defenders from the N.
1 … d4!
Attacking the Bishop and Queen at the same time.
2 Qd3
White can’t avoid losing material.
2 … Qxb6
3 Bxd4 Qc7
4 Bxg7
White goes after a pawn, but at the price of simplification.
4 … Rd5
5 Bd4 Nc6
6 Qe4 Nxd4
7 Rxd4 Rxd4
8 Qxd4 Rxf4
9 Qe3 e5
Black is up a piece for a pawn.
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what’s wrong with d4 and a double attack on the queen and the bishop?
1….d4
2 Qd7 Qxb6
3 Bxd4 Qc7 seems to hold everything
1….d4 Qd3 2.Qd3 Qxb6 3.Qxd4 Qxd4 4.Rxd4 exd4 ***White resign because not enough material to fight
1….d4 Qd3 2.Qd3 Qxb6 3.Qxd4 Qxd4 4.Rxd4 exd4 ***White resign because not enough material to fight
The very first thing I would analyze in this position is the potential for the double attack on the queen and bishop that arises from playing d4. This has the additional benefit of adding another attack for black (on the knight at b6) when the white queen is forced to move:
1. …..d4
I really can’t imagine any other defense here other than a queen move of some kind. The options can be selected from the following list- Qa4, Qc4, Qd3, Qe2, Qf1, or Qd7. Taking each in order:
2. Qa4 Qb6 (de3!? 3.Rd6)
3. Bd4
Here, I like 3.Rd4 less due to black’s potential reply of Bc5: (3.Rd4 Bc5 4.Rd3 Be3 5.Rde3 Rf4-+). Continuing:
3. …..Qc7 (Bc5 better don’t know)
And black should have a decisive edge with the piece advantage and all the weak kingside pawns for white.
Or, at move 2:
2. Qc4 Qb6
3. Bd4
Here, white has a bit of counterplay he didn’t have in the previous line- threatening Bg7 followed by Qd4+ and taking at d6, but I don’t think it is enough to hold:
3. …..Qc7 (best, I hope)
4. Bg7 Kg7 (Qc4 5.bc4 Kg7 6.Rd6)
5. Qd4 e5
I looked at this for quite a while, and I am not really sure what is best for black on move 5, but I like this better than Be5 or Kg8 because the continuation seems more forcing and simply clearer to me. Continuing:
6. Qd6
Here, this seems the only real reply for white who is down two pieces. Continuing:
6. …..Qd6
7. Rd6 ed4 (the point of e5)
And the extra piece and the supported passed pawn should be completely decisive.
Or, at move 2:
2. Qd3 Qb6
3. Bd4 Qc7
4. Bg7
Here, unlike the previous line, black might play 4. …Rd5 (when the queen was at c4, this move couldn’t be played with tempo). This looks better than taking at g7:
4. …..Rd5
5. Bd4 Nc6 (Rf4 6.Qe3 is messier)
6. Qe3 Nd4
7. Rd4 Rd4
8. Qd4 Rf4
9. Qe3 e5
And black should win this, but it won’t be a walk in the park.
Or, at move 2:
2. Qe2 Qb6
3. Bd4 Qc7
And this looks decisive for black as well, but white has maintained the maximum amount of material on the board.
Or, at move 2:
2. Qf1 Qb6
3. Bd4 Qc7
And this is similar to the immediately above line.
Or, finally, at move 2:
2. Qd7 Qb6
3. Bd4 Qc7
4. Qg7 Qg7
5. Bg7 Kg7
6. Rd6 Rf4
7. Red1 Nf7
8. Re6 Rh4
9. Rd5
And, here, it is hard to decide what is best for black. I would probably attack c2 with Rh2 and/or Rc8, but moves like Ra8 (protecting a5) or Rg4 (attacking g5) might be ok, too.
All in all, I think black gains a strong upper hand with 1. ….d4. I will look to see if I can find a better first move for black.
doesn’t d4 win a piece for black ?
I think d4 is the solution. After d4 the queen is attacked and at the same time the bishop on e3 loses control of b6. white has to move the queen and loses the knight on b6. after a queen move dxe3 doesn´t work because the pawn d4 is pinned.
… d4 (that’s not the hard move)
Qd7 Qxb6 (that is.)
Bxd4 Qb7!
Qxg7+ Qxg7
Bxg7 Kxg7
Rxd6 Rxf4 winning easily
after d4 bishop e3 no longer defends the knight on b6. the main threat after …d4 is Rf5xb5. There is no retreat square from which the can prolongue the defence of the knight on b6.
d4 wins a piece.
Mark