This is the same game as the previous puzzle. In this position, it is Black to move. How should Black procced?
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I’m having a hard time finding a move that doesn’t win. What Kazhgaleyev actually played was fine; he didn’t lose the game for another two moves.
Bh2 looks crushing
Bh2 looks crushing
That’s what Kazhgaleyev played. Other moves win, too.
I assume you mean Bg2. It’s very easy to find, I almost never solve the positions that Susan posts (despite being a relatively good player, about 2150 FIDE), but this one just played itself.
Kazhgaleyev played 38…Bg2 (38…g3 also wins easily; several other moves win more slowly). The game continued:
38…Bg2
39.Kxg2 f3+
40.Kg3
Now he managed to find one of the few legal moves that doesn’t win:
40…Rf5??
Inarkiev made no mistake and proceeded:
41.Qxe7+! Kxe7
42.Rd7+! Kf8
43.Rh1! Qxh1
44.Rf7+ Kg8
45.Re7+ Kh8
46.Rxe8+ Kg7
47.Rg8+ Kh7
48.Rh8+ Kxh8
49.c8=Q+ Kg7
50.Qg8+ 1-0
…as we’ve already discussed in Part 1 of this exercise.
38…Bg2
39.Kxg2 f3+
40.Kg3 Qh3+
41.Kf4 Qh2+
42.Kg4 Qg2+
43.Kf4 Rf5+
44.Ke3 Qg5+
45.Kd4 Qf4+#
I don’t know but I found a really long forced mate. I don’t blame Kazh for not finding it, though. Gosh, it took me a while to work all the lines out. Well, for those few out there that really enjoy torturing themseves here it is:
1……….Bg2
2.KxB f3+
3.Kg3 + Qh3+
4.Kf4 + Qh2+
5.Kxg4 Qg2+
6.Kh4
[6.Kf4 Rf5+ 7.Ke4 [7.Ke3 Qg5+ 8.Kd4 (8.Qf4 QxQ#) Qf4#] Qg4+ 8.Ke3 Qg5+ 9.Ke4 Qf4#]
6….Qxf2+
7.Kg4 Rg5+
8.Kf4 Qh2+
9.Kxf3 [9.Kd4 Re5+ 10.Kxf3 (10.kd4 Qf4#) Qe2+ 11.Kg3 Rg5+ 12.Kh3 Qh2#]
9….. Qg2+
10.Ke3 Rd5+
11.Kf4 Rf5+
12.Ke3 Qf2+
13.Ke4 Qf4#