White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
1.Rxe7 Rxe7 2.Ba5 Qxa5 3.Nxe7 Kf8 4.Nxc6 +-
1.Re7: Re7: 2.Ba5 Qa5: 3.Ne7:+ Kf/h8 4. Nc6: and 5.Nd8: wins an exchange in the end.
1.Rxe7 Rxe7 2.Nxg7 Kxg7 3.Bh6+ Kxh6 4.Qxf6+ Kh5 5.g4+
if Kh8 or Kf8 Qxf6 or Bh6
Seems to me that the sequence:
1. Ba5 Qxa5
2. Rxe7 Rxe7
3. Nxe7+ Kf8
4. Nxc6 Qc7
5. Nxd8 Qxd8
6. Rd1
allows white to be an exchange up. But black needn’t be so obliging – if he plays 2… Kf8 what can white do?
Nothing. So he needs to shuffle the move order a bit:
1. Rxe7 Rxe7
2. Ba5 Qxa5
3. Nxe7+ Kf8
4. Nxc6 Qc7
5. Nxd8 Qxd8
6. Rd1
and with this sequence white emerges an exchange ahead.
Alternatively, if black plays:
2. … Qd7
3. Nxe7 Qxe7
4. Bxd8 Qxd8
5. Qxc6
and the net result is the same.
1.Rxe7 Rxe7 2.Ba5! and white wins the exchange.
1.Rxe7 Rxe7 2.Nxg7 if Kf8 2.Bh6 if Kh8 2.Qxf6 if Kxg7 2.Bh6+ 3.Kxh6 4.Qxf6+ Kh5 5. g4+
To Danilo, try 3… Kg6 as a defence in your last line, in some cases followed by 4.. Qe5, I think black holds, and wins.