White to move. What is the best continuation for White?
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White to move. What is the best continuation for White?
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I’d play 1. Nxc6.
1. -, Qxc6? isn’t possible of course so there are two main lines to calculate.
1. -, bxc6 2. Rd7! and black has a big problem defending queen and bishop, e.g. 2. -, Qxb3 3. Rxg7+, Kh8 4. Rxg6+ 1:0
1. -, Bxa1 2. Nd8! +-
Black has no square to hide his queen against a discovered check so he can’t move away the queen.
But 2. -, Rxd8 (only alternative not losing the queen immediately) 3. Rxd8+, Kf7 4. Rd7+ 1:0 won’t help, too.
So I predict 1. Nxc6 wins a figure as black can’t capture back.
Am I right?
Best wishes
Jochen
Ng6
Am I right?
Your usual crisp analysis, Jochen. The only nit I can find to pick is in your last line: 1.Nxc6 Bxa1 2.Nd8 Rxd8 3.Rxd8+ Kf7 4.Rd7+ is certainly good enough to win, but (to these eyes, anyway) 4.Rf8+ looks even clearer (4…Ke7 5.Re8+).
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Ng6
Sets up a menacing-looking battery on a1 and g7, but is it enough? 1.Nxg6 hxg6 2.Rd7 Qxb3 3.Rxg7+ Kh8 4.Rf7+ gets White a perpetual, but White can win from the diagram, as Jochen has demonstrated.
Do you see an improvement somewhere?
I would play 1. Nxg6 hxg6 2. Rd7
Hallo Ano no 2,
of course you’re right. I overlooked the move Kf6 (after Rd7+) defending the queen.
I saw both moves (Rf8+ and Rd7+) and thought both would win the queen but Rd7 not giving a rook for it.
Thanks for correcting, fortunately in a real game I would see this possibility (Kf6) having played so far and would than win playing Rf8+ followed by Re8+ as you point out.
Best wishes
Jochen