White to move. Does White have any break through?
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White to move. Does White have any break through?
Nice one.
In the end white has as least one figure more then black, main line even ends with a known mate.
Don’t want to give more away in the first comment, so I don’t say the concrete variations.
Jochen
1. Axd5 exd5
2. Dxd7!! Txd7
3. Txc8 Af8
4. Ah6 +-
Greetings from Equador
Erick
1. Ba6 …
if …Qxa6
2. RxR RxR
3. RxR wins the exchange
if …RxR
2. BxQ RxR
3. BxR RxB
white comes out a point up.
It is sometimes surprising how quickly a position collapses once the Achilles heel is struck. I like Erick of Equador’s suggestion: 1. Bxd5
If Black tries to duck the bishop with Qa7 or Qb8, White exchanges the rooks (2 Rxc7 Rxc7 3 Rxc7 Qxc7 4 Bxe4) with a piece up.
Black can diverge from Erick’s line:
1. … exd5
2. Qxd7 Rxc2
3. Qxb7 Rxc1
4. Nc4 R8xc4
5. bxc4
and now Black loses either the rook or the game:
5. … Rxc4
6. Qb8+ Rc8
7. Qxc8 Bf8
8. Bh6 and
9. Qxf8 mate, or
5. … h6 (or any other non-rook move)
6. Bxc1
jcheyne
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Ba6 Rxc2
Bxb7 Rxc1
Bxd5 exd5
Nxe4 Rc8
Nd6 Rf8
h5
try and beat black to h5 break up his pawn wall and start the assault.
I also found the variation with 1.Bxd5 and 2. Qxd7!!
I have to admit that I did not take a look at the “more normal” move 1. Ba6!? [I found Bxd5 immediately so I didn’t searched on – that can’t be good in a real game…].
The variation of the anonym one (3:18) is not the best after Ba6, in comparison with that 1. Bxd5 is much stronger.
But Wolv’s variation, too, looks very strong – at least the first moves. I do not understand the last moves and Rc8 is an impossible move – the rook is already on c8.
Why Nxe4? And why not dxe4 as answer!?
But instead of Nxe4 Qxd7 is possible and good….
So I’d say:
1. Bxd5 [2. Qxd7!!] wins a figure
1. La6 wins, too, but white shouldn’t capture the exchange on c8 (after 1. Ba6, RxRc2 2. BxQ, RxRc1) but the the bishop on d5.
In both cases white is a figure up (if we say Q and RR is equal).
Greetings,
Jochen
1.Ba6?! does not work properly.
1…Rxc2
2.Bxb7 Bxb7!
3.Rxc2 Rxc2
White is better – but has no clear win.
i agree with other bloggers here
1.Bxd5 exd5
2.Qxd7!! Rxd7
3.Rxc8+ with mate to come
greetings