Susan Polgar
December 8, 2013
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Both Nxe1 and Qxe4 are more enticing to my eye, but it took me while see just how much better 1.Nf4 is- it attacks the rook at e2 where a capture with the knight would also occur with check, and it opens a deadly attack on the other rook. This should win an exchange or a queen for rook and bishop depending what white does:
1. …..Nf4
2. Rd7 Ne2+
3. Qe2
Better than losing a full rook:
3. …..Qe2
4. Rd8 Kf7
5. Bg3 Qe3 and all of white’s weak pawns are killing.
Or, at move 2:
2. ef4 Rd1 wins an exchange.
Nf4
Nf4
It seems black’s best tactic here leads to winning an exchange. I can’t do better than that.
1….Nf4!
If 2. Rxd7 then
2…Nxe2+
3. Kf1 Rxd7
4. Qxe2 Qxe2
5. Kxe2 (leaving black with a rook against a bishop)
If 2. exf4 then
2…Rxe1
Can Black do better than that?
NF4! wins
Don’t see anything stronger than 1. .. Nf4, but this should win.
After 1. .. Nf4, White has the choice between 2. Rxd7 and 2. exf4
Looking at 2. Rxd7 first, because it is less interesting:
2. Rxd7 Nxe2+ 3. Kf1 (3. Qxe2 Qxe2 4. Rxd8+ Kf7 5. Bf2 Qxc4) 3. .. Rxd7 4. Qxe2 Qxe4
2. exf4 Rxd1 has the possibility of getting really interesting, because Black has the diabolical threat of 3. .. Rc1!!
3. .. Rc1 4. Qxc1 (4. Qb2 Rdd1 5. Qxc1 Qxe2 ) 4. .. Qxe2 followed by .. Rd1 and White is dead meat.
So White is apparently compelled to play 3. Re3 and after 3. .. Qxf4, Black is winning.
Lucymarie
Nf4 looks promising?
In my previous remarks, after 1. .. Nf4 2. exf4, I didn’t consider the reasonable rook moves 2. Rdd2 and Red2
2. Rdd2 Nxe2+ 3. Rxe2 Rd1 4. e5 (4. h3 Qg3) 4. .. Rc1!!, the consequences of which can be seen in my first post.
2. Red2 Nh3+ 3. Kh1 (3. Kf1 Rf8+ 4. Rf2 (4. Bf2 Nxf2 5. Rxd7 Nxd1+ 6. Ke1 Qxd7) 4. .. Nxf2 5. Rxd7 Nh3+ 6. Bf2 Rxf2+) 3. .. Rf8 4. Bg3 (4. g3 Rf1+ 5. Kg2 Rg1#) 4. .. Nf2+ 5. Bxf2 Rxf2 6. Rg1 (6. Rxf2 Rxd1+) 6. .. Rdxd2
I also neglected to consider the move, 3. e5, that Aleksandrov made in the game:
1 .. Nf4 2. exf4 Rxd1 3. e5 Qxf4
Here Aleksandrov should probably have tried 4. Re4, but Black is still definitely winning:
4. Re4! Qd2!! 5. Qxd2 R8xd2 6. e6 Kf8 7. e7+ Ke8 8. h3 Rd4 9. Re2 Rxc4
I suppose both players may have been getting short on time here. The game continuation was:
4. e6? Rf8 and White resigned, since 5. h3 Qf1+ 6. Kh2 Rxe1
The finish could have been a bit more exciting if Judit had played 4. .. Qd4+ instead of 4. .. Rf8
4. .. Qd4+! 5. Kh1 (5. Kf1 Rxe1+ 6. Rxe1 Rf8+ 7. Ke2 Rf2#) 5. .. Qf2! 6. h3 Rxe1+ 7. Rxe1 Qxc2
What a game! Judit played the Nimzo-Indian, my favorite as Black.
1…Nf4
2.Rdd2 Nxe2+
2.Rxd7 Nxe2+
3.Kh1 Rxd7 (3.Qxe2 Qxe2 4.Rxd1+ Kf7)
2.exf4 Rxd1
2.Red2 Nh3+
3.Kh1 Rf8
with a strong attack
Another interesting winning line is:
1…, Nf4
2.Red2, Nxp