Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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I like knight to G2 in attempt to capture the rook
1.Bg2 Kg1
2.Qh4 (threatening Qh2)
2…. gh
3.Nh3
2…. gf
3.Bf3
2…. Nf1
3.Bf3
2.f3 Rg3
3.Kf2 Rf3
2.f3 Rg3
3.hg Qg3
4.ANY Nh3
2.f3 Rg3
3.h3 Bb7
I would really like to open up the g-file so that Bg2 and Nh3 can mate the white king on g1. The move for that could be Qh4:
1. …..Qh4
And, now 2.gh4 is met by Bg2+ and Nh3#. Also, black is threatening Qh3+ and Qg2#. What can white do? He can take the knight at f4 or move the rook at e1 to give the king a hole. Let’s look at both ideas for defense:
2. gf4
And, now, Qh3 doesn’t look too scary:
2. …..Qh3?
3. Ke2 Qh5
4. Ke3
I looked briefly at f3, but after Rg2+, I think white still does best to play the king to e3 at move 5, so why not immediately?
4. …..Qh3
5. f3 and I just don’t see a forcing continuation for black here. At move 2 in this line, black probably does better with Rg2 rather than Qh3:
2. …..Rg2
3. Qd4
Here, 3.Re2 looks losing to Rh2 with the threat of Rh1. Continuing:
3. …..Qg4
4. f3
Only move I see. Continuing:
4. …..Qh3
5. Re2
Anything better? Continuing:
5. …..Rh2
6. Ke1 Rh1
7. Kf2 Ra1 and black has won an exchange, and still has a strong attack on the white king.
More problematic for black’s plans are the lines where white makes a hole for the king at e1 at move 2. From the top:
1. …..Qh4
2. Rec1
Does it matter whether it is Rec1 or Red1/b1? I have no clue. I just played it to the dark square that was open on the 1st rank- no other reason. Continuing:
2. …..Qh3
The only other move I considered here was Bg2+, but I really couldn’t see how it was better than the line that follows:
3. Ke1 Nd3
The only other move that looked promising here was Ng2+, but, again, I can’t really see how it is better than getting rid of the bishop while, at the same time, diverting the white queen from the weak d7 pawn:
4. Qd3 Bc6
I can’t see anything better. The white h-pawn isn’t going anywhere, and black is now threatening f4. This is pretty complicated, but it might continue:
5. Nf1 f4
6. Kd2
This lost tempo might be an argument for playing the rook to d1 at move 2, but I already have my doubts I chose correctly at move 1 for black, so I don’t want to spend too much time with this line:
6. …..Rf8
7. Kc2 fg3
8. fg3 Rf3!
9. Qa6 Qf5
10.Kb3 Qe5 and black clearly has the upper hand. Did white have better defenses in the moves above? I really can’t easily tell. I’m going to look for a better first move for black before looking at the lines above in more detail.
LOL! I should have seen this immediately.
1. …..Bg2!
2. Kg1
And now Qh4 kills quickly:
2. …..Qh4!
White can’t take either the knight or the queen without getting mated by Bf3 and Qh3# in the former, and Nh3# in the latter case. As it stands, black is threatening Qh2+ followed by Rh6+ and Rh1#. White could try Nf1 or f3, but I think both are going to lose fast:
3. Nf1 Bf3
Now threatening Nh3#. There are no defenses I can find, only delays to the mate. The only way to keep Nh3 from delivering the final blow is to clear f1 for the king:
4. Ne3 Qh2
5. Kh2 Rh6
6. Kg1 Rh1#
Or, at move 3:
3. f3 Rg3 (fastest win)
4. hg3
What else for white other than sacrificial delays?
4. …..Qg3 and there is no answer to the coming Nh3#.
1. … Qh4
2. gh4: Bg2+
3. Kg1 Nh3++
If
2. gf4: Rg1+
3. Kg1: Qg4+
4. Kf1 Bg2+
4. Kg1 Bh3+
5. Kh1 Qg2++
but White puts up more resistance by 3. Ke2. So a better line is
2. gf4: Rg2
3. Qd4 Qg4
4. f3 Qh3
5. Rec1 Rd2:+
6, Ke1 Qh2:
and Black is winning.
Seems to me that the key move is
1. … Qh4
2. gxh4 Bg2+
3. Kg1 Nh3 mate
if
2. gxh4 Qh3 mate
From Spain…
1)…,Bg2+
2)Kg1,Qh4
3)gh4,Nh3#
1)…,Bg2+
2)Kg1,Qh4
3)gf4,Bf3+
4)Kf1,Qh3#
1)…,Bg2+
2)Kg1,Qh4
3)Nf1,Bf3
4)…,Nh3# or Qh3 -+
Greetings from Spain
1….Bg2+! 2.Kg1 Qh4!
The queen is immune and so is the knight, and Qxh2+-Rh6+-Rh1 mate is threatening
I)3.f3 Rxg3!
II)3.Nf1 Bf3!
1. … Qh4 threatening Qh3 looks good, since
2. gh4 Bg2
3. Nh3 mates.
But there is nothing forcing in this variation, since White can
simply play his King’s Rook to a square like c1, or he even might
be able to get away with
2. gf4 Rg2
3. Qd4 Qg4
4. f3 Qh3
5. Re2 Rh2
6. Ke1 Rh1
7. Kf2 Ra1 and Black is going to win, but there is a more
forcing line for Black:
1. …. Bg2
2. Kg1 Qh4 (move order!) and Qh2 is the threat:
… Qh2; Kh2 Rh6; Kg1 Rh1 mate
after 2… Qh4 White gets killed after the 2 g-pawn captures:
3. gf4 Bf3
4. Kf1 Qh3 mate
and
3. gh4 Nh3 mate
3. f3 is a try, but 3. … Rg3 is a crusher:
4. hg3 Qg3 (threatening Nh3 mate)
5. Bf3 Kf1
6. Qg2 mate
Or White can try:
3. Nf1 Bf3 (threatening … Nh3 mate)
4. Bf5 Nh3 [ or even 4. … Qh3!! ]
5. Bh3 Qh3
6. Ne3 Qh2
7. Kh2 Rh6
8. Kg1 Rh1 mate
There are more sub-variations, but this is enough.
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I’m not an expert at Chess, though I do play some. Anyway, that said, I’d say if you move your bishop down to G2, it puts their king in check. I don’t see any move out of this for white, other than to move him over to G1. In response, throw your knight over to H3. That should be checkmate, unless I’m missing something.
I do not see everyone’s fascination with the Bishop/Knight combination in the g/h 2,3 & 4 areas. Black is not sufficiently strong to attack h2 if white stays patient. By sitting pat, white forces black to over commit in every scenario, mostly because black’s bishop will be lost if the knight moves. Black would be far better to simplify and take the exposed bishop.
MOVING 7b to 2g it will be checkmate
Bg2(black) Kg1(white)
Qg5(black)(hope white’s pawn will take Nf4)if so;
Bh3(black)
At this point Qg5(black),Rg6(black), and B3h(black) are all in position to check mate white Kg1 or Kh1. White may exercise another option, but is extremely limited at this point!
I like Qh4. If white goes PxQ, it’s mate in two. Forced mate as well if white plays PxN. If white refuses the queen sacrifice, then there doesn’t seem too much to prevent black from playing Qh3 and mate to follow.
Isn’t @J. Chris Lawrence correct? What is white’s way out?
1…,Bg2.
2.Kg1,Qh4.
3.Qe7,Qxe7.(gxh3!,Nh3#)
4.Re3,Bb7
Im not going over all the possible combinations, because most of them have already been posted.
But here is an interesting attempt of White’s defence, which I belive hasn’t been mentioned yet:
1. … Bg2
2. Kg1 Qh4
3. Bf5 (preventing Qh3 and at the
same time attacking Rg6)
But now Black can make a very nice sacrifice.
3. … Qh2!!
4. Kh2 Rh6+
5. Kg1 Rh1+ mate