Black to move. How should black proceed?
Zherebukh v Nakamura (US Championship 2017)
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Black to move. How should black proceed?
Zherebukh v Nakamura (US Championship 2017)
1. …Ng4! (white can delay mate only by giving up pieces)
2. Qe8+ Rxe8
3. Ba4 Rd8
4. Rd4 Nde5
Alena is correct. My first thought was 1. ….Qg3 followed by 2. ….Ng4 which seems to win the knight at g3 outright due to the double threat after Ng4 of Rh1# and Nxe3. However, white can deflect the h8 rook by sacrificing his own queen at e8 then play Ba4 double attacking the knight at d7 which pinned to the rook- black can again threaten mate by putting that rook back on h8, but white takes the d7 knight with check, then takes the g4 knight removing the mate threat. Thus black must play a move like 4. …Re2 to get the draw by repetition.
Yancey Ward, I would like to play a correspondence chess game with you very much if you like.