Game saving tactic

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  Haridaran says:

  January 23, 2012 at 1:11 am

  1…… f5+!
  2. Nxf5 Bxh4!
  3. Nxh4 Kd4
  4. Nf5+ Kc3
  5. Nd6 Kxb3
  6. Nc8 Kxc4
  7. Nxb6+ Kb4
  and black just has to win the other white pawn to draw. c4 – Kc5 – Kb4 is one way to proceed.
  I can’t see a win for black.

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  Yancey Ward says:

  January 23, 2012 at 3:50 am

  Can’t black save it with f5+?

  1. …..f5+
  2. Nf5 Bh4
  3. Nh4

  Here, Kh4 is a clear loss after black takes at f5 since the black king will win the white pawns before the white king can defend or win the black a-pawn. Continuing:

  3. …..Kd4!
  4. Nf5 Kc3
  5. Nd6

  No real difference with Ne3 or Kf4. All drawn lines I think:

  5. …..Kb3
  6. Kf4

  White must maintain the guard on c4 for the clearest draw. To try an immediate Nc8 and Nb6 seems needlessly dangerous. Continuing:

  6. …..Ka4
  7. Ke3 Kb4
  8. Kd3 a4
  9. Ne4

  Lots of possible draws. I would only stay away from Nc8 since Kb3 looks killer at that point. Ne4 seems clear cut to me:

  9. …..Kb3 (or a3)
  10.Nc3 a3
  11.Na2!

  The key position in this line. Black cannot win by taking at a2 since white will then trap him on the a-file and black cannot allow himself to get caught on a1 with the pawn at a2 since he would then be forced to play b5 and lose. Continuing:

  11. ….Kb2
  12.Kd2! and this is clearly a draw. If white takes at a2, white plays Kc2 and black will have to keep playing Ka2/Ka1 while white plays Kc2 and Kc1.

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  Ravi says:

  January 23, 2012 at 5:14 am

  Black can draw by sacrificing the Bishop for the pawns

  1.Ng7 f5+
  2.Nxf5 Bxh4
  3.Nxh4 Kd4
  4.Kf3 Kc3
  5.Ke2 Kxb3
  6.Kd3 Kxa4
  7.Kc3 b5
  8.Ng6 bxc4

  But I suspect there is a win there. But it needs a detailed study

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  Anonymous says:

  January 23, 2012 at 10:49 am

  1. … f5+
  2. Nxf5 Bxh4
  3. Kxh4 Kxf5

  1. … f5+
  2. Nxf5 Bxh4
  3. Nxh4 Kd4

  and the black king gets in and destroys the white queenside.

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  Anonymous says:

  January 23, 2012 at 12:35 pm

  1. … f5+

  2. Kf3 Bxh4.

  2. Kh3 or Kh5 Ke4, then f4, f3.

  2. Nxf5 Bxh4
  3. Nxh4 Kd4 (then Kc3, Kxb3, Kxa4 and/or Kxc4 etc.)

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  Anonymous says:

  January 23, 2012 at 2:50 pm

  1…f5 followed by 2…Bxh4 makes
  a draw.

  gi

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  Bhavesh H Parekh Gondal says:

  January 23, 2012 at 3:36 pm

  f5Nf5 Bh4Nh4 Kd4Nf5 Kc3Nd6 Kb3Nc8 Kc4Nb6

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  Morsa says:

  January 23, 2012 at 8:27 pm

  1. … f5+ 2. Nxf5 Bh4 3. Nxh4 Kd4 and I think Black has al least good chances to draw.