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Black to move. How should black proceed?

Hanley vs Koneru, 2012

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  1. Anonymous Reply

    …Nf4+ gxf4 Qh3+ Kg1 Nf3+
    very nice

  2. opiniao Reply

    Nf4+ and the game is over 🙂

    … Nf4+
    gxf4 Qh3+
    Kg1 Nf3+ 🙂

  3. Anonymous Reply

    Nf4+ gxf4 or loses Q
    Qh3+ Kg1
    Nf3+ Qxf3 losing Q for two Ns

  4. Anup Reply

    1. … Nf4
    2. gxf Qh3+
    3. Kg1 Nf3+
    4. Qf3 Qf3

  5. Anonymous Reply

    2 Knights for the white queen.

    1. … Nf4+
    if 2. gxf4 Qh3+
    3. Kg1 Nf3+

  6. Anonymous Reply

    … Nf4+
    gf Qh3+
    Kg1 Nf3+

  7. Yancey Ward Reply

    How about Nf4+?

    1. …..Nf4+
    2. gf4 Qh3+
    3. Kg1 Nf3+ wins white’s queen for two pieces.

  8. mshroder Reply

    1. … Nf4+
    2. gxf4 Qh3+
    3. Kg1 Nf3+
    4. Qxf3 Rxf3 mate soon

    It helped a lot to see what white’s last move was. Koneru effectively trapped the white queen.

    Mark

  9. Morsa Reply

    1. … Nf4+! 2. gf4 Qh3+ 3. Kg1 Nf3 wins easily 0-1

  10. redbeard Reply

    1. … d5-f4+
    2. g3xf4
    (if g2-h2 or g2-h1 or g2-g1, f4xe2)
    … c3-h3+
    3. g2-g1 g5-h3 ++

  11. Ramón Reply

    Kt to f4

  12. S.K.Srivastava Reply

    1knight forks K & Q 2 queen ch 3 mate

  13. Richard Schwartz Reply

    Black gets the White Queen for two Knights:

    1. … Nf4+
    2. gxf4 Qh3+
    3. Kg1 Nf3+
    4. Qxf3 Qxf3

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