White to move. How should White proceed?
R2Nq1bk/2p3p1/1p3n1p/3Pnp2/2PQ4/p3B1PP/4BP1K/1r6 w – – 0 2
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White to move. How should White proceed?
R2Nq1bk/2p3p1/1p3n1p/3Pnp2/2PQ4/p3B1PP/4BP1K/1r6 w – – 0 2
1. Qxe5 wins the knight. If black takes the queen, there is a fork.
Qxe5!
1. Qxe5 leaves the queen up a piece. because if black replies by QxQ, then Nxf7+ forking king and queen, leaves white up a whole piece, and the game should be won
okay. what i see off the bat is:
Bh6 gh6
Ne6 Qxa8
Qxe5
and it looks like the f6 knight can’t be saved as white’s e6 knight keeps the black queen out of both d8 and f8.
white is threatening Qxf6+ with strong pressure on g7 threatening mate
if black puts his king on h7 white threatens Bd3 hitting both the b1 rook and f5 pawn (and the h7 king)
black’s a-pawn is probably too little too late. using 2 moves to place a new Q on a1 probably doesn’t help the black king (or do anything of consequence)
totally off the cuff, though. too lazy to look at lines. it doesn’t seem like a totally forcing line so black may have much better responses than dancing to white’s tune, as above
if both players only had a couple minutes to make time control i’d bet on above line — let black sweat the details
How about just Qxknight?
If queen takes then the knight comes in for a fork.
One possible forcing line is 1. Qxe5, since 1. … Qxe5 2. Nf7+ Kh7 3. Nxe5 wins a piece.
Just off the top of my head; I suspect there’s something even better but I haven’t seen it yet.
1. Qxe5 Qxe5
2. Nf7+
1-0
You can win a piece with 1.Qxe5 Qxe5 2. Nf7+ Kh7.
Haven’t looked at it for long but that’s the first thing I’ve seen, pretty sure I’d find mate after awhile.
1. Qxe5 Qxe5
2. Nf7+ Kh7
3. Nxe5
Anonymous at 3:28
1. Bh6 gh6
2. Ne6 Qa8
3. Qe5 Be6
4. Qf6 looks like a draw to me since white must play Qe6 rather than de6, and black is threatening a2, a1(Q).
Why not simply Qxd5 winning the piece?
1. Qe5 Qe5
2. Nf7 Kh7
3. Ne5 wins a piece. The a-pawn is no threat to white, yet.
Doesnt QxN win a piece?
Qxe5 Qxe5
Nf7+ Kh7
Nxe5 and white wins a piece
why not simply Q#e5 then nf7 check picking up a piece?
Q#e5 is pretty obvious.
How about 1.Qxe5!, which wins a piece? If black recaptures with the queen, then Nf7+ wins the queen back since the bishop is unable to capture the knight due to the back rank pin….
what’s cute is:
Qxe5 Qxe5
Nf7+ winning a minor
so cute. so very cute
how can u not see it lol
just qxe5 wins
1. Qxe5 Qxe5
2. Nf7+ Kh7
3. Nxe5 winning a knight
QxN
Just a straightforward knight fork combo to win a piece:
1. Qxe5 Qxe5 2. Nf7+ Kh7
3. Nxe5
Slightly disguised by the apparent but not real defense of f7 by the bishop.
why not just Qxe5?
Qxe5
What is wrong with
1. Qxe5 Qxe5 2. Nf7+ Kh7 3. Nxe5 ???
White will gain a piece and the a-pawn can be stopped by the bishop from d4.
Easy one. 1. Qxe5 Qxe5 2. Nf7+ and 3. Nxe5.
qxe5,
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Agree on Qxe5, though I think Black’s best reply isn’t QxQ but the attempted swindle a2!? when Rxa2, QxQ, Bxh6, and N moves all appear to lose. The cool Bd4! should hold everything.