Susan Polgar
December 17, 2011
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White wins a piece with 1. Rxd4 (… Rxd4 2. Nh5 Rg8 3. Qe5+).
Just at a glance 1.Rxd4 looks very good:
1. Rd4 Rd4 (or concede the piece)
2. Nh5
If white had played 1.Nh5, black blocks access to g7 with Rg6 attacking white’s queen and holding his bishop, but with 1.Rd4, black’s rook is deflected to d4 from where it cannot block the g-file (white’s h-pawn has g4 under observation). Continuing:
2. …..Rg4 (Rg8 3.Qe5 mates in 2)
3. hg4 wins easily.
Black might do better to just concede the piece on move 1.
Rd4Rd4 Qc3
RxB, Ng6+ Qe5+ and QxR and White is a Rook up.
Rd4Rd4 Nh5
Hello
1. Rxd4 , Rxd4
2. Nh5 , Rg6
3. Qc3+ , f6
4. hxg4 winning
Greetings from Spain
The white king is safe and the black king has too many weak dark squares around him. I would automatically go for
1. Bxd4! ( eliminating black’s only potential defender of the dark squares, as the black queen is poorly placed to defend the dark squares immediately. )
1……. Rxd4
2. Nh5!
( threatening Qg7 as well as Qe5 )
2…… Rg4! (forced)
3. hxg4
1-0
White has won a piece.
And the threat of Qe5 – Qe7 is still there.