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1. … Bc3 2. Qxc3 Qxf2# To avoid checkmate white is forced to give away his Queen, but loses in the end.
…bc3?
1. … Bc3
2. Qxc3 Qxf2#
Any other white move loses the Q.
Mark
Bc3 jumps right out at me as a way to deflect/prevent white’s queen from covering f2. White loses his queen and will be down a queen and 3 pawns for two pieces at the very least, but I think black probably has a forced mate in here somewhere with all the pins black has on white’s men and woman. The only real moves I see here for white are Ke2 to allow the escape through d3, and Rdc1 to allow the escape through d1.
1. … Bc3 pinning the Queen
2. Qxc3 Qxf2++
In the initial position black has 3 pawns for a knight and the white pieces are all cramped for room and huddled around the king. The f1 knight and e3 bishop are pinned.
There does not seem to be a forced mate mainly because it is difficult for black to cover the e2 light square so the white king can escape.
The solution seems to be to introduce another pin 1…Bc3 and this is immune from capture since 2.Qxc3 can be responded to with Qxf2#.
White needs to play either 2.Ke2 or 2.Rdc1 since he can not defend the f2 square. Either move loses the queen for the bishop so black will have a queen and 3 pawns for a knight and bishop. The white pieces will still be passive and the black attack will still be very dangerous so it is easily winning for black.
1. … Bc3 looks pretty strong.
Doesn’t Bc3 win immediately?
1. … Bc3! winning the Queen.
If,
2. Qxc3 Qxf2+#
1…Bc3 2.Ke2
(2.Qxc3 Qxf2#)
2…Rxf2+ 3.Kd3
(3.Ke1 Qxf1#)
3…Bxd2 4.Nxd2 Qg3 5.Nc4 Rxa2 6.Ra1 Rxa1 7.Rxa1 f5 8.Kd2 Qg2+ 9.Kc3 Qf3 10.Ra4 f4
@Yancey Ward: Your hunch regarding a possible forced mate was correct! Crafty shows an eight move mate following 1. … Bc3
The two longest defenses were:
2. Ke2 Qf2 3. Kd3 Re3! 4. Ne3 Bd2 5. Rd2 Qd2 6. Ke4 Rh4 7. Kf3 Rh3 8. Kg4 Qd7! 9. Kf4 Qd4#
and
2. Rdc1 Re3 3. Kd1 Qf1 4. Kc2 Qf2! 5. Qf2 Rf2 6. Kb3 Ba5! 7. Rc3 Rc3 8. Ka4 Ra2#
Spectacular tactics!