Black to move. How should black proceed?
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Black to move. How should black proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
1 … Bh3+
2 K:h3 Qf1+
a)3 Kg4 h5+
4 kh4 g5+
5 K:h5 Qh3#
b) 3 Kh4 transposes to (a)
A very interesting post. Chess is without a doubt the most brainy game.Playing Chess needs a lot of concentration.
The threat Qxc7+ restricts black’s possibilities here (otherwise I saw Nbc4 as a strong move).
Finding no good N move here, I will try something spectacular:
1. … Bh3+
2. Kxh3 (Kf2 Qf1#) Qf1+
3. Kg4 (Kh4 g5+) h5+
4. Kh4 (Kf5 g6#, Kxh5 Qh3#) g5+
5. Kxh5 Qh3#
Isn’t this enforced mate in 5?
1. … Bh3+
2. Kh3 Qf1+
3. Kh4 g5+
4. Kg4 h5 (4. Kh5 Qh3#)
5. Kh5 Qh3#
If
3. Kg4 h5+
4. Kh4 g5+
5. Kh5 Qh3#
If
2. Kf2 Ne4+
wins the undefended White Queen.
Bh3+
Bh3+
1…Bh3+ 2.Kxh3
(2.Kf2 Qf1#)
2…Qf1+ 3.Kh4
(3.Kg4 f5+ 4.Kh5 Qh3+ 5.Kg5 h6#)
(3.Kg4 h5+ 4.Kxh5 Qh3#)
3…g5+ 4.Kg4 h5+ 5.Kxh5 Qh3#
… Bh3+
and it is over
Bh3+ Kh3
Qf1+ Kh4
g5+ Kg4
h5+ Qh3 ++
if
Bh3+ Kh3
Qf1+ Kg4
h5 + Kh5
Qh3 ++
(1)Bh3 Kh3 if Kf2 Qf1# (2)Qf1 Kh4 if Kg4 h5+ (3)Nf5+
The unprotected queen at d8 is a target if you could discover a forcing attack on her. This lead me immediately to Bh3, though it turns out to be the white king that gets bagged:
1. …..Bh3
2. Kh3
Otherwise black mates with Qf1. Continuing:
2. …..Qf1
3. Kg4 h5!
4. Kh4
Or 4.Kh5 Qh3#. Continuing:
4. …..g5
5. Kh5 Qh3#
And, at move 3, it does white no good to play Kh4:
3. Kh4 g5
4. Kg4
Qh3# awaits 4.Kh5 as above. Continuing:
4. …..h5 with mate on the next move.