White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
The most obvious weakness I see in black’s position is the bishop at g4. The only way I see to take advantage of this, however, is
1. e5! This threatens 2. Qc4+ winning the bishop
1. …..Bh5 (only move I see)
2. g4! and regardless of what black does, the bishop is toast:
2. …..Bf7
3. e6 Be6
4. fe6 and the pawn cannot be retaken due to the even deadlier pin Bd5.
1. e5 1-0
because white threats Qc4+, xg4
Don’t know the move order, but I’m sure it involves e5. e5 frees the bishop to attack rook and knight on the h1-a8 diagonal and on the a2-g8 diagonal; it also either opens the d file to the rooks or pushes the f pawn at the black queen.
Mark
e5
1.e5 wins. If the black queen takes this pawn white will exchange queens and then get the knight on b7 whereas a capture with either pawn on e5 loses to the queen fork on c4. Nice.
Beelze
Rf4 wins a piece
e4 followed by Qc4+ wins the bishop
1.e5! (opens line for Bg2 and also
threatens Qc4+,Qg4)
1. e5! threatening Qc4+ and Qxg4.
1.e5! black is in trouble
e5 Kh8
e5 Bh5
if black takes the pawn with the d, f pawn or the queen hes in trouble. hell lose material. if he moves his king or bishop then white might gain a slight advantage..
I am not fully convinced with the proposed solution starting with 1. e5. What if black plays 1… Kh8? White can tie black into knots I agree, but there doesn’t seem to be much of a material advantage to be obtained (except perhaps a pawn).
1. e5 Kh8
2. Rf4 Bh5
3. Rh4 Bf7
4. e6 Bg8
5. Bxb7 Qxb7
6. Rxd6
That’s pawn no. 1, and perhaps the c5 pawn is no. 2.