Black to move. How should black proceed?
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Brilliant practical tactic
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Black to move. How should black proceed?
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Bd4+ cutting out the queen followed by backrank mate.
Bd4-van Wely’s brilliant victory over Aronian at Tata Steel 2014.
Hello.
1. …,Bd4+ win
1. … Bd4+ 2. cxd4 Qb1+ 3. Ne1 Rxe1+ 4. Bxe1 Qxe1#
Surprising how long time I spent to see:
1. … Bd4+!
A.
2. cxd4 Qb1+
3. Be1 Rxe1+
4. Nxe1 Qxe1#
B.
2. Kh1
is the same as above.
C.
2. Kf1 Ne3+
looses queen, as does of course:
D.
2. Qxd4 cxd4
E. (interpose)
2. Bf2 Bxf2
3. Kf1 Qb1+ (better than Ne3+)
4. Ne1 Qxe1#/Rxe1#
or:
3. Kh1 is the same.
“Critical” seems C. or D. giving queen for a piece.
Very nice tactic.
Very nice tatcic.
B-d4 check, but where do we find the answer Susan?
1 … Bd4 ! wins the house
1….Bd4+cutting off white’s protected access to d1 and hence allowing back rank mate. A horrible mistake by white in last move.
2. Qxd4..cxd4
3. Rxd4..Qb1+
4. Rd1…Qxd1+
5. B/Ne1.Qxe1+
6. N/Bxe1.Rxe1#
Harry
Bd4+!! wins
1. … Bd4+ and Black wins
…Bd4
A beautiful blocking play! Black would love to play Qb1 here, but white has his back rank guarded by the queen/rook combo on the d-file. Black foils this defense by blocking things up on the d-file, or threatening to:
1. …..Bd4!
With check, and if white takes the bishop with the pawn or knight, black plays Qb1 followed by mate:
2. cd4 Qb1
3. Ne1 Re1 with mate to follow, and the same with 3.Be1 and 2.Nd4.
Also, 2.Kh1 is no defense to Qb1+, and 2.Kf1 allows an immediate mate via Qd3.
…Bd4, kh1
Then Qb1 😉
1…. Qb1+ looks like most natural move as N or B moving to e1 leads to mate.However white has defence in 2.Qd1. To stop this black first plays
1…. Bd4+ You can add as many “!” marks as you please.
2.Kf1
2.cxd4 Qb1+ leads to mate.
2….. Qd3+
3.Kg1 Qd1+ 0-1
Bd4! Amazing. I do not know how long it would have taken me to find it had I not seen the game 🙂