White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
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Bd6
Bg5!!
I think 1.Bg5 attacking Queen and Rook will be win for white. Because after 2…Qd7 play 3.e4 (still attacking rook on d8) after 3…Qxd5 4.exd5 Rxd5 5.Be7 attacking knight on c5, black will lose his knight because pin and back rank weakness.
1.Bg5 Qd7 2.e4 wins.
If 2…. Qxd5 3.exd5 Rxd5 4.Be7
Very easy Susan! 1.Bg5 Rxd5 2. Bxe7 and Black will lose knight on c5!
Bg5 will win a piece forcefully
Bg5 will win a piece forcefully
1. Bg5 wins a piece (1…R:d5 2. B:e7 and the Nc5 falls, or, say, 1…Qe7 2. e4 Q:d5 3. ed R:d5 4. Be3)
Took me a few minutes to puzzle this one out. Bg5 looks good, though:
1. Bg5
Counters white’s own queen being en prise, and threatens Be7 tripling up on the pinned knight at c5 if black takes the queen. Best I see is to play Qd7:
1. ……Qd7
2. Qd7 Rd7
3. h3
Taking care of white’s own back rank is necessary. The knight is pinned still, and on a dark square, and is going nowhere:
3. ……f6 (any better here?)
4. Bf4 Rd5(what else?)
5. e4 Rh5 (or concede knight)
6. f3 and it is only a matter of time before the knight is lost.
1) Rxc5.
Ragesh
Yancey’s solution is better.As for my thinking I was not ready for WQ to quit d file as it would result in back rank mate.Exchange of Qs would bring black R away from d8 controlled by B.Also had some hazy idea of black R(d7)c7 and Nf6 to follow.Hence I had to forego a P for getting a piece but as per Yancey I could have a cake and ate it too.
I meant … Ne6 for black ( not … Nf6).But anyway it was not to be.In addition an irrelevant point is Yancey could go for 6.Be3 without delay.