Finding the best continuation

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  OneSong says:

  June 28, 2007 at 3:18 am

  Dr. Polgar!!! Very Well Done! Congratulations from all of us here at your blog! I must say that your speech was not only Great, but One of the Best Ever! What a Message. The Truth. And to use Chess as such a Magical Metaphor. Whoa. And Thank You ChessBase. This proves that the Game is Larger than the Players! Thank God. (Unless our Suzi is persecuted for that, too.) The Truer The Fewer, Dr. Polgar. Your Work Epitomizes The Ideal! Love In and Peace Out…Namaste…JC

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  billbrock says:

  June 28, 2007 at 3:54 am

  Expanding on onesong’s comments:

  http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmako.cc%2Fcopyrighteous%2Fextra%2Fdr_bronners_label_peppermint.pdf&ei=jTCDRp_mJI3CiwH1qInbDg&usg=AFQjCNF6Tgwa36GaxnCRWrtlM9OcgEIGAA&sig2=OkDYszLnAFG7KC8LDpfdVw

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  Chris Falter says:

  June 28, 2007 at 4:04 am

  The move that catches my eye is 1 g6. White opens lines of attack for the g1 rook and the e3 bishop. I haven’t worked everything out, but here’s a sample:

  1 g6 hxg6
  2 fxg6 f6
  3 Qh7+ Kf8
  4 Bh6

  and now the bishop is pinned due to Qf7# if it moves. Any attempt to protect the bishop will either drop the Q (by a skewer, as in 4 … Nb6 5 Qh8+ Ke7 6 Qxg7+ Kd8 7 Qxb7) or end in checkmate (4 … Re7 5 Qh8#). So the black K must flee for his life

  4 … Ke7
  5 Qxg7+ Kd8

  and he has dropped his B.

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  DirtyGarry says:

  June 28, 2007 at 4:46 am

  I think it should be

  1. f6 Bh8 or Bf8

  2. g6 (allowing Bh6 by white)

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  Abie Weiler says:

  June 28, 2007 at 10:58 am

  I failed to find solution.
  Chris falter’s line is beautiful.
  But what if

  1. g6 fxg6
  2. fxg6 h6
  3. Bxh6 Bxh6
  4. Qxh6 Nb6
  And now what?

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  Chris Falter says:

  June 28, 2007 at 1:13 pm

  Here’s a continuation after Abie Weiler’s line:

  5 g7 b2
  6 Rb1 Rab8
  7 Qh8+ Kf7
  8 g8(Q)+ Rxg8
  9 Qh7+ +-

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  Vohaul says:

  June 28, 2007 at 2:09 pm

  1.f6!
  (1.g6?! hxg6 2.fxg6 nf6! 3.gxf7+ qxf7=/+ black is better)

  1…nf8 what else?
  (1…b2? 2.rc2 nf8 3.fxg7 ne6 4.qf3+-)

  2.fxg7 ne6
  3.rcf1 nxg7
  4.qe2 qd7+
  5.kh2 +- white is a piece up and has a winning position

  (BTW 1. g6 fxg6 2. fxg6 h6 3. bxh6 will meet 3…nf6! and white will lose this!)

  greetings
  4. Qxh6 Nb6

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  Abie Weiler says:

  June 28, 2007 at 8:13 pm

  Nice solution by Chris falter.
  Here is another line to complete
  5. g7 Re7
  6. Qh8+ Kf7
  7. g8=Q+ Ra8xQg8
  8. QxRg8+ Kf6
  9. Rc-f1++