White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
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RxN RxR
Nd6 and white gets the Rook back because Black has to use it to stop the pawn.
Mark
1. c7 Rc8 2. Ne7 win the rook
1.Re8: Re8: 2. Nd6 Rbb8 3. c7 Rbc8 4. Ne8:
I’m looking at RxN RxR followed by Nd6 and when he plays Rc7, you play c7 and he its losing material.
1.Rxe8 Rxe8 2.Nd6 Rbb8 wins on account of 3.c7 Rbc8 4.Nxe8! 1-0 !
whats wrong with R#e6 nd6 blah blah blah…
1.Rxe8 RxR
2. c7 Rc8
3.Ne7 …
and lose the rook
I think 1: c7 is bad.
1: …, Nxc7 2: Rxc7, gxf5
and black gains a pawn.
Something more sofisticated is needed. Could be that
1: Rxe8, Rxe8 2: Nd6
would do it (rooks are forked and promotion square is protected ). But i dont have the brain to see that through…
The obvious 1 c7 doesn’t work because Black simply takes the pawn with 1 … Nxc7. White can only gain a small advantage thereafter.
Better is to get rid of the Knight.
1 Rxe8! Rxe8
2 Nd6
And not 2 c7 gxf5, 3 c8=Q+ Rxc8, 4 Rxc8 Rb2 with the advantage.
2 … Rbb8
3 c7!
White is after bigger game than the regaining of the Exchange.
3 … Rf8
There’s not much else to do. Black has to move the Rook out of the Knight’s line of fire. If 3 … Rbc8, 4 Nxe8.
4 cxb8=Q Rxb8
5 Nxf7
White is up a piece and should soon get Black’s d-pawn.
1.Rxe8 Rxe8 2.Nd6
rxe8
Rxe8 Rxe8
Nd6
1. Rxe8….Rxe8
2. Nd6 forks the rooks
if 2….Rbb8, 3.c7.
RxN! then knight fork.
The very simple Re8 looks completely winning due the followup knight fork and pawn push:
1. Re8 Re8 (anything better?)
2. Nd6 Rbb8(Reb8 3.Nb5 Rb5 4.c7)
3. c7
The key move in this tactic. Without this, all we have is the exchange of pieces after Ne8. Now, there is nothing black can do- he is going to have to exchange a rook for the pawn, one way or another. If the rook at e8 is moved, white simply takes at b8. If the rook at b8 moves, white takes at e8 and the knight guards the the pawn from e8 long enough for white to bring the rook to b8 to force black to exchange rook for pawn at c7.
The main variation looks to be 1.Rxe8 Rxe8 2.Nd6 Rbb8 3.c7 Rbc8 4.Nxe8 Rxe8 5.c8=Q. Alternatives seem even worse for Black. Phil
This is slightly off topic Susan but… Since Navara was crushed by your sister Judith he has played so well. I think he received some fantastic training. 🙂
I think accurate is
1. RxN RxR
2. c7! Rc8
3. Ne7 and the black rook will have to be sacrificed for the pawn.