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Darn, I recognized this one. If I remember right, it’s Gligoric – Petrosian, from sometime in the 50s?
Very hard stuff – early in the morning …
White is down a lot of material, and the kgnight on d3 is under attack, but blacks king is not safe and the two passer pawns look dangerous
“checks, captures, and threats …” (Dan Heisman) 🙂
1.rxf6+ kxf6 (…ke8 rxf1#)
2.qxf1+ kxg5?
3.h4+ kxh4 (3…kg6 4.nf4#; 3…kf4 qg4#)
4.qf6+ kg3
5.qf4#
i was very proud to find all these moves, but they are only half the truth. after
2.qxf1 black can play 2…qf7!
3.qh6+ ke7
4.rg7 qxg7
5.qxg7+ kd6
the resulting position is unbalanced and a little hard for me to evaluate. white’s pieces are very active, black’s king is still unsafe and vulnerable to queen checks – maybe with some double attack chances to gain more material; combined with the two passer pawns, white’s advantage might be decisive.
on the other hand 1.rxf6+! is a good chance not to lose at once…
greetings from Vohaul
Yes! Hard to evaluate ideed volhul. Next move should be a good one.
I also tried Ne4+ but that only seems to gain a little material but White is too far down to worry about material.
Starting with sacrificing the Queen , QxR looked promising for a second. It has to be one of those three to force anything
The best I could find was
1. Rxf6+ Kxf6
2. Qxf8+ Qf7
3. Qh6+ Ke7
4. Rg7 Qxg7
5. Qxg7+ Kd8
If 5. … Ke8 6. Qg8+ wins the Bishop. If 5. … Kd6 7. Qg3+ wins the Knight.
6. Qg5+ Kc7
6. … Re7 7. c7+ Nxc7 8. d6 wins.
7. Qg3+ Nd6
If 7. … K moves, loses the Knight at b8.
8. Qg7+! Kb6
8. … Kd8? 9. c7+
9. Qd4+ Kc7
9. … Kb5/a5 10. Qb4 mate
10. Qa7+ Bb7
11. cxb7
followed by moves like Qc5+, Qb6, Nc5. I suspect White should be able to pick up another piece fairly easily.
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whow – 11 moves in a row – with tree variations and prospects – very impressive!
@bob – ‘u are for sure an analytical genbius – and your visualization abilities are far ahead from average, at least far away from my own unboastful one’s.
i see you bright on your road to at least the IM title – what do i say: GM is what you deserve – maybe – with a little luck – ‘u might earn the title Super-GM.
besides, am i allowed to ask one stupid question to you? yes? ok – thx a lot for your generosity! here it come’s:
are you the “Super Human Ivan” i will meet in this $1,000,000 game next month?
hopefully you are … (unfortunately Lasker and Fischer are busy with “spiritually minded” objectives and rejected my invitation to play for me!). But, frankly spoken, if you @bob, are identical to “Super Human Ivan” my winning chance will at least rise to 50 percent – without any doubts – and with all benefits mentioned elsewhere …
yours respectfully, Vohaul
Joking/sarcasm???
Variation was long but fairly straightforward or I wouldn’t have seen it. I’m not as good an analyst as you.
Not sure what your comment was all about. Think it’s time to return to my little cave.
nah – @bob – i’m joking, of course! please don’t feel offended!
i’m german – and not natural familiar with the english language (as shown by lot’s of linguistic errors i’m used to do!).
But – the given position is really complicated – and to see what will happen 11 and even MORE moves ahead is really out of my possibilities – maybe this is, why i am an amateur and will stick to be an amateur.
there are lot’s of chess players around the world, doing much better than me, some of them are idols to me:
e.g. i like and know Peter Svidler or Vladimir Kramnik or some german Grandmasters like Luther, Bezold, Naiditsch – latter one – a 2650+ will play next saison for my old club … some of them i dislike – e.g. i managed to meet and to play Fischer as an arrogant a***le…
but, to be honest, i never met a “normal” player – calculating 11 to 12 moves ahead, sometimes in NOT forced variations, despite, he/she was weaponed with “fritz & co. …
i’m wrong – for sure – but i’m suspicious – sorry – but i’m afflicted with a sarcastic lineament (or a haul” as Vo would say … )
please forgive me and please come out of your cave again!
Yours, Vohaul
1. Rxf6+ Kxf6
2. Qxf8+ Qf7
3. Qh6+ Ke7
4. Rg7 Nd6
5. Qg5+ Kf8 (… Ke8 6. Rxf7 Nxf7 7. Qg8+ wins bishop)
6. Rxf7+ Nxf7 (… Kxf7 7. Qxh5+ wins rook)
7. Qf4 wins knight/b8
This position is indeed from Gligoric – Petrosian 1954 in Belgrad, with the exception of black having no bishop in that game. Thus for Petrosian Qf7 wasn’t much of a choice either.