Black to move. Can Black hold this game?
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Black to move. Can Black hold this game?
Rb4!
Rb4 looks like a win.
Not only 1.-,Rb4 but also 3.-,Qe1+ takes away white’s last hope.
That was a bit too easy.
Greetings,
Jochen
PS: I do not like the board rotated – in the first moment I thought black could just move a1Q or e1Q.
Anyone who can really imagine black’s moves better this way!?
People just need to look at the letters and numbers at the edge of the board to confirm which way the board has been rotated.
1. … Rb4, 2. Rxb4 c1(Q)+ 3. Kg3 (or Ke4) then Qe1+ (winning rook).
Yes, I believe anonymous above got it right on the mark! I enjoyed it!
Hello anonymous,
numbers and letters are not dictated by the fide rules – as long as the field in your first row to the left is a black field the board is posed correctly.
So I rarely look at them (in this case I did in the end, you’re right!)….
And my question keeps unanswered:
“Anyone who can really imagine black’s moves better this way!?”
But of course that is offtopic!
Greetings,
Jochen
@jochen: yes – me!