Black to move. How can Black get out of trouble?
5k2/1Q6/4q3/4b2P/p3P3/P3P1p1/1P3p2/K1R5 b – – 0 1
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Black to move. How can Black get out of trouble?
5k2/1Q6/4q3/4b2P/p3P3/P3P1p1/1P3p2/K1R5 b – – 0 1
1. … Bxb2+
2. Kxb2 Qb3+
3. Qxb3 axb3 and the black pawns are unstoppable
1. … Bxb2+
2. Kxb2 Qb3+
3. Qxb3 axb3 and the black pawns are unstoppable
One of the pawns will slip through, but White will still have R+4P vs. Q in the ending. Mabye Black can win that, but it’s hardly obvious, at least not to me.
But more to the point is that after 1…Bxb2+ 2.Qxb2 White wins easily.
maybe
1…Bc3
2.Qb8+ Qe8
3.Qxg3 Bxb2+
4.Kxb2 Qb5+
and there’s probably a perpetual or the f-pawn can advance.
Qc4
1. ..Qe8 -+
– white cannot go Rc8 because of f1Q+. White can do couple checks but after black king goes to h8 it is no more checks and black plans is to go g2. if 2.Rf1 then 2. ..Qxh5
GS
1. ..Qe7
with treat Qxa3+ or g2.
If queens exchange black easily win.
1. ..Qe8 -+
– white cannot go Rc8 because of f1Q+.
Right!
White can do couple checks but after black king goes to h8 it is no more checks and black plans is to go g2. if 2.Rf1 then 2. ..Qxh5
Now you’ve lost me. 1…Qe8? 2.Rf1? (2.Qa6! = ) Qxh5? (2…Kg8 or 2…Qb8 -+ ) leads to what, exactly? If there’s a win for Black from there, I sure don’t see it.
1. ..Qe7
with treat Qxa3+ or g2.
If queens exchange black easily win.
You’re quite right that 2.Qxe7+ loses quickly, but what about 2.Qc8+?
maybe
1…Bc3
2.Qb8+ Qe8
3.Qxg3 Bxb2+
4.Kxb2 Qb5+
and there’s probably a perpetual or the f-pawn can advance.
This line is so creative (translation: I didn’t see it) that it feels cruel to object to it. Granted, even good players sometimes struggle in queen endings with a two-pawn advantage, but Black has a daunting struggle to draw this ending, and he’s certainly not going to win it.
Black does have a clean win from the starting diagram, though.
1… Qc4!
I also think that 1…Qc4 is the solution.
Kamalakanta