Black to move. How should black proceed?
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Black to move. How should black proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
RxN followed by Ne2+
.. RxD4
Rxd4
1. Rxd4 exd4
(1 .. Qxd4, 2. Ne2+ .. 3. Nxd4)
2. Ne2+ Kf1
(2. .. Qxe2 3. Rxc1 losing queen)
3. Ng3+ Ke1 or Kg1
4. Rxc1+ … clearly ahead
Ne2
If it is ..Ne2+, Qxe2 Rxc2+ then it took less than 5 seconds to solve 🙂
If it’s not the right solution, then well… I am an amateur player and I am fine with ‘my’ solution lol
Rd4!
Rxd4!
Rxd4,exd4 Ne2+,Qxe2Rxc1+ and the queen falls.
Ne2+ clearly doesn’t work because of Nxe2 and the rook is protected. I think you have to first play Rxd4 and then this tactic works.
1…. Rxd4 2.exd4 (Qxd4 3. Ne2+ wins Queen) Ne2+ 3. Qxe2 (Kf1 3. Nxc1) Rxc1+ 4. Qf1 Rxf1+
Stared at this puzzle for about 10 minutes trying to find a winning line for white and then finally realised that it is black to move and win and then the general idea about white’s exploitable weakness quickly became apparent.
To the previous posters
1…Ne2+ does not win and in fact it loses to 2.Nxe2 protecting the c1 rook however this echoes the main idea of the puzzle.
1…Rxd4 removing the defender and attacking the white queen
if 2.Qxd4 then 2…Ne2+ forking the queen
if 2.exd4 then again 2…Ne2+
3.Kf1 Nxc1 leaving black a piece up
(3.Qxe2 Rxc1+ and black has to sacrifice the queen)
if 2.Rb5 then 2…Nxb5 again taking advantage of the unprotected white rook on c1
if 2.Qxc3 Rxc3
3.Rxc3 Rd1#
White is totally busted here mainly due to his weak back rank and his unprotected c1 rook while black’s knight on c3 allows a lot of the tactics to work.
P.S. You got me with the previous puzzle which I am sure was an April Fools joke.
You are. You did not consider white Nxe2 then what.
R*d4….then Q*d4, Ne2+ win queen….or e*d4 then Ne2+…Q*e2 then Rc1+…Qfi, R*fi…K*f1, then Qb1+
R*d4….then Q*d4, Ne2+ win queen….or e*d4 then Ne2+…Q*e2 then Rc1+…Qfi, R*fi…K*f1, then Qb1+
I saw the main idea surprisingly quickly (for me), 10 seconds.
1. … Rxd4!
2. exd4 (Qxd4 Ne2+ was even worse)
2. … Ne2+!
3. Qxe2 (alternative below)
3. … Rxc1+
4. Qf1 Rxf1+
5. Kxf1
Up with Q vs. R.
3. Kh2 (Ke2 Nxc1+ was worse, Kh1 Rxc1#)
3. … Rxc1+ (discovered)
4. g3 Nxg3!
Should be nicely up with knight in the best way:
5. fxg3? Qb2+ mates.
Elementory my dear Watson!
1….. Rxd4
2.exd4
2.Qxd4Ne2+
2…..Ne2+
3.Kf1
3.Qxe2 Rxc1+ white has to lose Q.
4….. Nxe1 Black is a piece up.
The above could be avoided by white with ..Ne2+, Nxe2.
Heggis
Rook takes d4
Game Over
R x d4, exd4, Ne2+, Kf1 [if Qxe2, then Rxc1#], Rxc1+, Kxe2, Qb2+,Qd2, Rc2?
1..Rxd4 followed by Ne2+ wins
If only the white knight wouldn’t protect square e2 … =;-)
1. … Rxd4!!
Now Ne2+ is a threat – see
2. exd4 Ne2+
3. Qxe2 Rc1+
4. Qf1 Rxf1+
5. Kxf1 +- with queen vs. rook
or
2. Qxd4 Ne2+
3. Kf1 Nxd4 +-
Even if Whide doesn’t take on d4 and moves the queen somewhere, the threat of the first variation persists. So White can resign without further thinking.
Ne2+ loses a piece, duh 🙂
Rxd4 !
Rxd4 prevents White to answer Nxe2 to Ne2+.