White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
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Qxc5?
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1. RxN wins a piece I think.
1. Rxd5 nets a piece.
Rxd5 picks up knight.
The d5 Knight is overloaded.
Rxd5 Qxc1
Rxd8+ Rxd8
Rxc1
and white is a knight up.
1.Rxd5 Qxc1
2.Rxd8+ Rxd8
3.Rxc1 wins a knight.
hi,
1.Rxd5 QxQ
2.Rxd8+ RxR
3.RxQ
1. Rxd5 ! and black looses material.
Erik Fokke
Amsterdam
1.Txd5 Dxc1 2.Txd8+ Txd8 3. Txc1 +-
rxd5
h
1. Rxd5
RxN QxQ
RxR+ and captures the queen.
How about Rxd5? Then, black’s queen is hanging. If he exchanges, ..Qxc1, then Rxd8+ and white emerges a piece up after Rxc1.
1. Rxd5…Qxc1
2. Rxd8+…Rxd8
3. Rxc1 wins a Knight.
1. Rxd5…any capture of the Rook
2. Qxf4 wins Queen and Knight for a Rook.
Rxd5, QxQ
Rxd8+,Rxd8
Rxc1 Going up a piece.
Rd5
Arctic Knight
RxN
Rxd5! wins the knight. Black has to exchange or move the Queen in the next move in order to keep it, allowing the white rook to continue its path down the d-file and give a check on d8.
1. Rxd5 any move of black is one piece down
1. Rxd5! Black loses a piece…
Black queen is hanging…
1. Rxd5!
If black plays 1..Bxd5 or 1..exd5 or 1.. Rxd5 then white can simply take the black queen.
If 1.. Qxc1 then White keeps an extra piece with 2. Rxd8+ Rxd8 3. Rxc1
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Rxd5! Qxc1 Rxd8+ Rxd8 Rxc1 and White is up a piece
Rxd5! Qxc1 Rxd8+ Rxd8 Rxc1 and white is up a knight
I’d say remove the black queen’s defender with
1.Rxd5
Black can’t take the rook because of 2.Qxf4, and if black decides to trade the queens with
1…, Qxc1
white has the zwischenzug
2.Rxd8+
After black takes the rook, white captures the queen
2…, Rxd8
3.Rxc1
leaving white a piece up.
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