White to move. How should white proceed?
Gelfand – Anand (Zurich Blitz)
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White to move. How should white proceed?
Gelfand – Anand (Zurich Blitz)
2 minutes 1. Nxf6+ ( threatening Qxh7# ) but I wasn’t really seeing what was going on after 1. Nxf6+ Qxf6 when 2. Qd5+ gets White’s Q out of the attack from the R@b7
I had the wrong continuation after 1. Nxf6 Rxf6 also when I wasn’t seeing that the f2 pawn was vulnerable and I should have played 2. Rxg5+ Kf8 3. Qxb8+ Kf7 4. Qf8+ Ke7 5. Rg7+ and Black must allow an exchange of major pieces by … Rf7 because 5. … Kd6? 6. Qd8+ Kc6 7. e5+ Kb5 8. exf6
I meant 4. Qg8+ and in the first comment the R@b8