White to move. Play out this position. Even though White is down by 2 Pawns, with perfect play, White can win. Play to win as White and try your best to hold the game as Black.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Critical position
My first idea is 1.Rd2 Qmoves 2.Qd3, with a double attack on the rook and bishop.
Then the question is what happens after 1.Rd2 Qe6 2.Qd3 Qe1, threatening mate on g1.
1.Rd2 Qe6 2.Qd3 Qe6 3.Qxd7+ Kb6 (attempting to escape through a5) 4.Qd8+ looks ilke it must mate. and 3…Ka8 4.Qd8+ Kb7 5.Rd7+ definitely does.
ha – no e6 in this puzzle 🙂
1.rd2 – an obvious move – the black queen has 4 squares to retreat and simultaneously defend the bishop on d7
a)1…qc6, 2.qd3 +-
b)1…qc7, 2.qd3 +-
c)1…qe6, 2.qd3 +-
d)1…qe7, 2.qd3 +-
in either case the rook or the bishop will fall to white hands … the rest is technique … 🙂 (if i’m right!)
🙂 Vohaul
1. Rd2 Qe6
2. Qd3 Ra1
3. Qc3 Rxa2
4. Qxc5+ Ka8
5. Rd6 Qc4
6. Qxc4 bxc4
7. Rxd7 f4
8. Ne4 a5
9. Rh7 a4
10. Rxh6 Kb7
11. Nd6+ +-
Hi Susan,
I was wondering what happened.. ’cause the blog has not updated since 3 days.This is the first time I noticed
from the past 6 months I started checking this blog 2 o r 3 times a day.
Hope you are doing well.I am little concerned.
It has been updated daily as usual. Perhaps your screen does not refresh very well?
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com