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I could notice Rd7 is supported only twice and one of the support is attacked. However it still requires some calculation for me.
1. Rxd7 Qxd7?
2. Rxe5 Qxf5 (2. .. Bxe5? 3. Qxd7)
3. Rxf5 with a piece advantage
However black could do better
1. Rxd7 Nxd7
2. Bxf7 followed with Re8, white gives a minor piece and rook for queen and I would go for this position for White.
P. Anandh
In your second line, I think 1. Rxd7 Nxd7 2. Bxf7 Qc7 avoids the problems, doesn’t it?
How about
1. Rxd7 Nxd7
2. Rd1
which appears to win a piece because of, e.g.,
2. … Rc7
3. Nb5
Now 3. … Rb7? 4. Nd6 threatens a fork on f7, while 3. … g6 4. Qd5 with too much pressure on d7.
Does this work?
Or is there something even better than 1. Rxd7?
Not so easily.
1. Rxd7 Nxd7
2. Rd1 Bd4
And looks like black can hold the position.
P. Anandh
Also
1. Rxd7 Nxd7
2. Bxf7 Qc7?
3. Nb5 with a fork threat at d6, black’s night is hanging, black can only exchange his rook for a night.
P. Anandh
What about Bxf7?
1. Bxf7 Nxf7
2. Rxd6 … looks like it wins material.
1. Bxf7 Rxd1
2. Rxd1 … seems to, at worse, win a pawn.
I haven’t had time to work through all of the variations yet, but Bb1 look strong to me.
Ouch! Remind me not to try analyzing a chess position early in the morning! Very, very sloppy on my part.
What is wrong with
1. Rxd7 Nxd7
2. Bxf7 (picking up a pawn) Qc7
3. Be6 Rd8
4. Nd5 threantening to fork the R & K with Nf7, I’d rather be white.
Sorry, I meant forking the Q & B. The threats to fork on f7 belong to another blog.
1. Nd5 with the threat of 2. Bb1 is utterly utterly unstoppable.