White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
I remember this one well enough to not even have to think about it- Bc8 was the killer here as it wins the hapless bishop at a6 since the black queen cannot leave the guard on h7 without allowing mate starting with Qh7+. The only really interesting reply is the attack on the white queen with Nf6, but black will actually be down even more material than the bishop:
1. Bc8 Nf6
2. Bb7 Nh5
3. Ba6 and white will have the pleasant choice of skewering the rooks with Bh6 and winning the b and c-pawns.
1.Bc8!
1. Bc8 wins. The B cannot be taken, as h7 collapses.
Bc8
took me a few minutes… i started to think i was not as sharp.. that i needed to get back in the groove..then the answer came to me as usual. it sparked in my mind and the answer was there…
i was thinking h file.. how can i use that h file.. that dam queen is in my way.. i shall remove it
Attack on h7 is balanced by just enough defence. So you need to divert one of the defensive pieces.
1 Bc8 Nf6
2Bxb7 Nxh5
3Bxa6 wins a piece.
3… Nf6 Bh6 wins further exchange and thereafter pawns will start falling like nine pins.
1. Bc8 Qc7
2. Bxa6
wins a piece, because
1. … Qxc8
2. Qxh7+ Rxh7
3. Rxh7#
greets, jan
Deja vu?
Mate threat on h7, black queen can’t leave 7th rank, attack it.
1. Bc8 Qc7/Qe7
2. Bxa6
White is up with bishop.
b5 pawn will fall next.
After spending too much time on trying to attack h7, deflect the defenders, etc, all I could come up with was:
1. Bc8 Qc7 or Qe7
2. Ba6
White is up a piece and probably can grab a pawn or two (Nxb5, Nxa7 or Nxd6).
Is this enough to force a win? I dunno …