Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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1..b5
and the exchange is lost…
c5…with knight fork threat.
should be: b5 with knight fork soon.
At first I though black should force a perpetual with Na2 or something, simply threatening one or both rook(s).
Then it dawned on me that while the knight is still the key piece black would for sure win the exchange starting with 1…b5.
Beelze
b5 wins the exchange.
1…b5, and wherever the R goes, the N will either capture it or fork the two rooks.
White will lose a R for N and P.
To anonymous 2pm:
don’t you mean b5?
1. … , b5
yields two possibilities
2. Rc5, Nd3 or 2. Rc3, Na2
winning the exchange in either case.
I don’t see c5 bu 1… b5!
If 2. Bxc6 b5xRc4 +-. If the Rc4 moves, there are two double fork threats: 2. Rc4-c5 Nd3 or 2.Rc3 Na2, in both cases black wins quality.
MSL, Lisboa, Portugal
b5 is the move, the anonymous commenter at 2:00 p.m. probably mislabeled his solution since he sees the fork.
1. …..b5
2. Rc3 Na2 winning the exchange