White to move. What is the strongest continuation for White?
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All i can see is a Bishop going to g5 in order to take a rook for a knight or a bishop.
This is too hard.
Knight move to C5 and get bishop without any support. That’s my best move 🙂
Bg5-Qb6-Nf6+ RxN-BxR-Bf8-Bxe5 with advantage white
Well,
1. Bg5 Qd4 (only move I see)
2. Nf6+ Rf6 (seems forced)
3. Bf6 Qb2?
4. Qc4+
So, I think white can win the exchange with Bg5.
1. Ng5 Rf7
2. Qc4+ wins a bishop, but, in this line
1. …..Qe7
2. Qc4 Kh8 and I don’t see anything here for white.
The other major line I see is
1. Qd8 Rd8
2. Bg5 and I think white still wins the exchange since
2. …..Rd5 loses to
3. Nf6+ and
2. …..fe4 loses to
3. Bd8 and the white bishop escapes through a5 or g5 depending on how black moves.
Personally I like Bg5, NxB, Be7
I don’t think I’ve found what would be called a “tricky tactic,” but here are a couple of thoughts.
I started to work on:
1. Qxd8 Rxd8
2. Bg5
and if 2. … Rd5 to protect the bishop, then Nf6+ followed by Nxd5 with a piece to the good, but Black can play 2. … fxe4 instead. Then
3. Bxd8 Bg4
4. Bg5 Bxe2
5. Rfe1 Bd3 or Bf3, and Black is doing quite well.
So,
1. Bg5 Qd4
2. Nxc5 Qxc5
3. Be7 Qd4
4. Qxd4 exd4
5. Bxf8 Kxf8
6. Rfd1
This is not a knockout, but I like White’s chances better here.
1. Bg5 Qd4 (or wherever it protects Bc5) 2. Nxc5 Qxc5 3. Be7
Looks easy, what am I missing?
I think the ‘tricky’ means there is NO TRICK…simply Bg5, Nxc5 and Be7 wins….Rybka confirms.
Diagram must be mistake, or as I said, ‘trick=no trick’