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f5 f6 ..
f5 f6 ..
Black’s queen is guarding g7-if white could safely play Bxg7, it would be mate. In addition, the queen is co-guarding the rook at e8. Putting this together leads me to wonder what might happen if white played Rxe8 (to divert the bishop from eyeing f5) followed by f5 itself attacking the black queen:
1. Re8 Be8 (Qe8 2.Bg7#)
2. f5 Qg4/g5
3. Bg7! Qg7
4. f6!
And black has a dilemma. If he moves the queen to g6, for example, white uncovers the check with f7 leading to mate on the next move. Best now is to just play Qf7 to at least get the other bishop in compensation.
At move 2, black probably does best to play Nd3. This move sets a sly little trap:
1. Re8 Be8
2. f5 Nd3! (attacks white’s Q)
3. fg6!
I looked at the simple retreat to a1 for white’s queen, but after black replies with Qg4, white can’t play Bg7 any longer since black can now block that discovered check with the knight: [3.Qa1? Qg4 4.Bg7 Qg7 5.f6 Qf8 6.f7 Ne5 and black stands just a bit better]. Continuing:
3. …..Nb2
4. Bb2 Bg6
And, black at least got a pawn for the piece and is only down a piece for two pawns. Not enough to draw, but at least forces white to make the max effort.
White wins with 1. R:e8+ B:e8 2. f5
A. 2…Qh6 3. B:g7+ Q:g7 4. f6 and the threat of 5. f7+ after the Q moves is decisive
B. 2…Nd3 3. fg N:b2 4. B:b2 and White wins a piece.
F5 – remarkable!
Rxe8+ Bxe8
f5
Where do we check our solutions?
Where do we check our solutions?
This is tough.
I’m thinking
RxR BxR
F5 Qg4 (say)
Bg7+ Qg7
F6 and looks like a win for white
(1)Rxd1 Bxd1 (Forced)
(2)F5!
Rxda Bxd1
f5!!
Rxd1 Bxd1
f5!!
1. Rxe8+ Bxe8 (1. … Qxe8 2. Bxg7#) 2. f5 Qg5/h6 3. Bxg7+! Qxg7 4.f6! Qg6/g5/f8/h6 5. f7+ Qg7 6. f8Q/R#
B4?
rook takes rook, check and f5. Then black queen moves, Bishop takes pawn, check and f6, followed by f7.
rook takes rook, check and f5. Then black queen moves, Bishop takes pawn, check and f6, followed by f7.
To avoid Rxe2+ and also prepare the natural looking f5, exchange rooks first:
1. Rxe8+ Rxe8
2. f5
This must lead to something extremely sharp it seems.
2. … Nd3!
What else? If black moves queen he is in deep shit after f6!
Now fxg6 looked playable. Put perhaps also the double edged Qe2. I try it!
3. Qe2 Nf4!
This fork again looks enforced.
4. Kf2! Nxe2
5. fxg6 Nc1
Enforced to not loose knight.
6. Ke3!
Trying to spin a net to trap the knight!
It actually seems this could work.
Pht: How about 3. Qb1?