White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
1. Qxe7 Qxe7
2. Bb6! right ?
1Qxb+ &2 qd6 wins easily
Qxe7+ Qxe7
Bd6
instantly suggests itself
It looks to me that white can just take at e7:
1. Qe7 Qe7
2. Bd6
Wins a piece outright since black cannot capture at d6 without allowing Re8#.
The most interesting idea I find here, involves a surprising second move, and I think white should at least be up with a piece.
1. Qxe7+ Qxe7 (Kg8? Qe8+ Qxe8 Rxe8#)
2. Bd6!
A)
2. … Qxd6??
3. Re8#
B)
2. … Ne6?
3. Rxe6
This was just throwing away an extra knight, threat is still the same.
C)
2. … Nf7?
3. Rxe7
isn’t playable either, both bishop and knight hang, in addition to allready taken bishop, so it has to be:
D)
2. … g6
3. Rxe7 gxh5 (what else?)
4. Rxb7+!
Is up with a bishop because of the discovered check!
The uncastled black king is a good target for a nice combination:
1. Qxe7+! Qxe7
1. … Kg8
2. Qe8+ Qxe8
3. Rxe8#
2. Bd6! Nf7
2. … Qxd6
3. Re8#
Anything else is followed by Rxe7 and a deadly discovered check.
White can easily win a piece now, with Bxe7+, but there is a better way:
3. Rxe7! Nxd6 What else? Rxf7++ would be desasterous.
4. Rd7! Threatens Ne6+ followed by Rg7# or Bf7#.
4. … g6
5. fxg6 hxg6
6. Bxg6 Rh6Now the black king can escape to h8.
7. Ne6+ Kg8
8. Bd3 and either Nd6 or Bb7 will fall, leaving Black with a hopeless position.
Svetozar Gligoric was one of my favorites when I was growing up. He had a monthly game column in Chess Review. And he was a great player of the Black side of a King’s Indian.
This is a mouth-watering position, today. No less than 5 White pieces are bearing down on Black’s weak king
position. And Black’s back rank is vulnerable. His rooks are not connected, and his queen is overworked.
After 1. Qxe7+ Qxe7 2. Bd6 Black has these 3
tries: … Qxd6, … Nf7, and … g6.
(2. .. Qxd6 3. Re8# The Black queen has been deflected away from the protection of e8-square, allowing the back rank mate.)
(2. .. g6 This is the most interesting continuation if White is not satisfied to simply play 3. Bxd7+, going a piece up. Instead White has the luxury of being more ambitious, relentlessly building up the pressure. 3. Rxe7 gxh5 (3. .. Nf7 4. Ne6+ Kg8 5. fxg6 hxg6 (5. … Nxd6 6. Rg7#) 6. Bxg6 Rf8 7. Rf1 Taking advantage of Black’s inability to break out of the fix he’s in, White keeps building up the pressure. Already
a piece and a pawn up, White is going to win more material.) 4. Rae1 BUILD ……4. … Nf7
(4. .. Kg8 5. Bf4 h6 6. Re8+ Kg7 7. R1e7+ Nf7 8. Ne6+
Kh7 9. Rxf7#) 5. Rxf7+ AND DESTROY. … Kxf7 6. Re7+ Kg8 7. Ne6)
(2. … Nf7 3. Bxe7+ Kg8
(3. .. Ke8 4. Bc5+ Kd8 5. Bxf7)
4. Bxf6 What fun to play this move! The
Black bishop, which in the original position was protected by both the
queen and the knight, is now unprotected. gxf6 Attacking both b7 bishop and f7 knight. 5. Re7 Ng5 6. Rxb7
Lucymarie
1.Qxe7 Qxe7 2.Be6 Qxe6 3.Re8#
1. QXe7+, QXe7 (not taking the Queen with Kg8 loses to 2. Qe8+, QXe8 3. RXe8#)
2. Bd6, Nf7 (taking the Bishop with Queen loses to Re8#) 3. BXe7+, Kg8 (White is up a piece and is in a strong position)
Too small a piece of cake!
1Qxe7+ Qxe7
2Bd6 Qxd6
What else? 2…g6 3Bxd7+ K moves 4fxg6 White is a piece up.
3Rd8#
1.Qxe7+ Qxe7 (1…Kg8 2.Bf7#)
2.Bd6!! Qxd6
3.Re8#
1. Qxe7+! The rest, as they say, is trivial. 1-0
1. Qxe7+ Qxe7 (1. … Kg8 2. Qe8+ Qxe8 3. Rxe8#) 2. Bd6 Nf7 (2. … Qxd6 3. Re8#) 3. Bxe7+ Kg8. Up a piece, White is about to own the e-file (which is how I submitted my taxes).
To me
Qxe7+ Qxe7
Bd6 seems clear-cut & defenseless
Bd6! and white wins!
Best from Hungary
1.Qxe7+ Qxe7
2.Bd6 winning the exchange