White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
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1. Rxe5 Bxe5
2. Rxd5!
And the threats are insurmountable.
Well, I really wanted to make Qe5 followed by Rd5 work, but it simply doesn’t as far as I can see after 20 minutes of trying various lines:
1. Qe5 Be5
2. Rd5 Kf8(disc. check was threat)
3. Rde5 Qc7 and I don’t see any compensation for the material beyond the exposed black king. This won’t be an easy win for black, but she should have the upper hand most of the rest of the way.
Of course, 1.Rd5 just loses immediately to Re1+, so there is no reason to go further with this. The alternative, to take at d5 with the bishop is better than the first two options I looked at, but I don’t find a decisive line that arises from this beginning:
1. Bd5 Kh8
Here, I would be worried that Kf8 would leave the rook pinned to the d6 square by the queen. Cont.:
2. Rc1 Rc1
3. Qc1 Qe7
And I have a hard time seeing a win for either player here. White stands a litter better due to a more secure king, but that is pretty much the extent of his advantage.
Now, I am being a little roundabout here- my initial instinct about trying to set up a discovered check motif is right, but my first selection for bringing it about was wrong- I was trying to sacrifice the queen too quickly. The other obvious first move, of course, is
1. Re5! Be5
2. Rd5!
And, now, the queen can’t be taken without mate following, but black loses with every move I have looked at otherwise since the bishop is double attacked and the queen is threatened with loss to the discovered check:
2. …..Bf5
3. Rd8# Double check means the king must move! Or
2. …..h6 (open a hole for king)
3. Rd7
Here, I am not really sure which is better technically- white can win with Re5 or Qe5, too, but I like Rd7 for aesthetic reasons. Cont.:
3. …..Kh8 (best move I find)
4. Qd2! Qf8 (keeps guard on h6)
5. Rf7 and the queen must be given up anyway, or mate will follow after Qh6. Or
2. …..Qf6
3. Re5 looks simplest wins here.
Looks to me that 1. Rxe5 wins a piece.
1. … Bxe5
2. Rxd5 with the double threat of 3. Qxe5 and 3. Rd8#.
Rxe5. Bxe5
Rxd5!
(If Bxf4, Rd8#)
From Spain..
1)Re5,Be5
2)Rd5!,Bf4
3)Rd8++
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1)Re5,Be5
2)Rd5,Re8
3)Re5+,Kf8
4)Qb4+,Rd7
5)Qd7+,Qd7
6)Rd7,Kd7
7)f4 +- white win
Greetings from Spain
1 Rxe5 Bxe5
2 Rxd5 1-0
1.Rxe5 Bxe5
2.Rxd5 with the threat of discovered check wins a piece.
1. Rxe5 Bxe5
2. Rxd5, and black can’t both prevent discovered check and mate with 3. Rd8 and save its d5 bishop.
the Black king is being eyed by the Bishop on a2 in x-ray fashion. That always spells danger!
1. Rxe5 Bxe5 2. Rxd5 nets material. Black has to deal with the nasty threat of a discovered, double check and mate with 3. Rd8, so the Bishop on e5 drops.
Rxe5 and then Rxd5 wins a piece.
Greetings from Barcelona.