White to move. How can White save this game. How should White proceed?
B7/2p3P1/8/p7/1n1k4/8/1p2K3/8 w – – 0 1
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The saving move is 1… Be4!
After 2. Ke4, then white will promote first and win black’s queen.
2… g8 (Q) 3. b1 (Q), Qg6+ and the black queen will be lost
How about 1. Be4. If 2…Kxe4 then 2.g8=Q, followed by Qg6+.
1. Be4 covers b1 and sets up a skewer
1. … Kxe4
2. g8(Q) b1(Q)
3. Qg6+ Kd4
4. Qxb1
All is well.
Be4 followed by g8=Q
Be4! and there’s no way black queen can survive.
This one seems easy.
1.Be4 stops the pawn and threatens for real g8Q.
If 1… Kxe4
2.g8Q b1Q
3.Qg6+ (or Qh7+) and wins the queen.
Not even a stalemate or fork trap to foil…
Cortex
Be4 Ke4 g8Q b1Q Qh7 wins. Classic decoy, then skewer.
Be4!
1. Be4
Be4 is the only move, as it slows down black from queening. if …Kxe4, then the King is on the same diagonal as the queening pawn, so that the white queen will be able to check and pick off the black queen with Qg6+. Hence, white can queen immediately and black cannot, so white will be able to win.
1. Be4 K:e4 2. g8Q b1Q 3. Qh7+ and wins
1. Be4
Could it be Be4? If white takes, black gets the queen and goes to g6 in the next move, winning Queen on b1 if white queens.
1. Be4 lures the BK into a fatal skewer (1. … Ke4 2. g8D b1Q 3. Qh7)