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Yes, I remember this one from a few months ago. The key was to buy time for fe7 since black is threatening mate with Qg2 and Bf6 leaving black up a piece. That is all I will write in this comment.
The answer is the suprising looking
1. Bd5
If black takes with the e-pawn, white simply plays ef7:
1. …..ed5
2. ef7
And white will get a queen or a mate:
2. ……Nde6
3. Be5 with mate to follow on one of the next 2 moves. Or
2. ……Nfe6
3. Qh7# Or
2. ……Qg8
3. ed8(Q) Or
2. ……Qe8
3. ef8(Q)Qf8
4. Qh7#
And it does black no good to take at d5 with the queen:
1. …..Qd5
2. Nf7 Nf7
3. Qd5 Bd5 (ed5 same reply)
4. fe7 and white will get a queen one way or another.
1. Bd5 I believe
1. … Qxd5
2. Nf7+ Nf7
3. Qxd5 Bxd5
4. f6xe7 & I don’t how white can be
prevented from queening.
From Spain..
1)f3 win,…
2)Qh6 and checkmate in g7 or f8
Greetings from Spain
1. Bd5 QxB
2. Nxf7+ NxN
3. QxQ BxQ or e6xQ
4. f6xB (a) Bc6
5. e7xN/Q#
4. … (b) Kg8
5. e8/Q 1-0
Mark
1.Bd5! Qd5 2.Nf7+ Nf7 3.Qd5 Bd5 4. fe7 +-
1/bd5
2/qd5 ne7
3/ne7 qd5
and white queens!!
Three things to see first:
– the threat Qxg2#.
– white can’t ommit this with check in every move.
– the shot fxe7 would be winning if time for it.
Now it is natural to stop the threat Qxg2# in some enforcing way, therefore 1. Bd5 is a natural looking move here, winning a tempo, with the plan to exchange queens an then get a new queen, after 1. … Qxb5.
However, black must not take on b5.
E.g:
1. Bd5 Qd7 protecting e7 threat, but Bd5 blocks the threat Qd1, is the important weakness here….
2. Nxf7+
A)
2. … Nxf7
3. Qxf7 Bxf6
4. Qxf8#
B)
2. … Kg8
3. Nh6+ Kh8
4. Qq4 and mate on g8 to follow next.
I wanted to play Nf7 first and Bd5 afterwards. Is that a valid alternative or did I miss something?