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Rxd4 Rxd4
bxc5 Rd8 (only move to save Rook/Queen White has mate threat)
e3+ Bg2 (mate threat now blocked by Bishop)
Bxc3 wins..
1…Rd4! 2 Rd4 bc5 3 Rd8! (3 Ra4
Qa4 4 Qf6 Rf6 5 ba4 is much better for Black) e3! 4 Bg2 Bc3 5 Rf8 Kg7 and Black is ahead in material and should win.
-Justin Daniel
e3+ and Black wins. White has the diagonal weakness.
… Rxd4!
Rxd4 bxc5 wins rook.
(1)… Rxd4
(2)Rxd4 fxe5
1. … Rd4
2. Rd4 pc5
3. any move and black wins as rook and queen is forked by black bishop.
I think
1. … RxBd4
2. RxRd4 bxc5
3. Rd8 e3+ (saves the day)
4. Bg2 BxQ
5. RxRf8+ Kg7
game over for white.
Not as easy as i thought at first sight.
1. Rxd4, followed by bxc5 looks like a winning move.
I’m not sure, but i think that after
1. e3+, exchanging light-squared bishops, Black couldn’t count on
Rxd4 Rxd4
bxc5 Ra4
Bxc3 Rxa3
a5 trapping the rook because afterwards there is no piece to attack it!
first should the rook capture on d4 and play bxc5 before giving check
1.Rxd4 Rxd4
2.bxc5
if now 2…Rd8 threatening mate then
3.e3+
on 3…Bg2
4.Bxc3 and there is no mate but the queen is lost
1, … e3+
2. Bg2 (if Rg2, then Bxg2, followed by the line below)
2. … Rxd4
3. Rxd4 bxc5
4. Rd8 Bxc3
now, 5. Rxf8, Kg7 wins (the point of …e3 was to force Bg2)
or 5. Bxb7, Rxd8 also wins
To Anon @11:13:
I don’t think it is that simple. For example, what if white responds 2. c6!! to your 1. e3+ ?
The main threat of white is Bxf6+ leading to checkmate. Black absolutely has to dismantle the deadly combination of queen+bishop on the a1-h8 diagonal. 1. … Bxd4 2. Rxd4 e5 3. Rxd8 simply delays the problem a bit, and 2. … Rxd4 is no solution at all (white plays 3. Qxd4 and successively captures everything that comes between her and checkmate). I think black’s best first move is 1. … Rxd4. After 2. Rxd4 bxc5, black has the white d4 rook pinned and attacked twice. White can escape with 3. Ra4, but the mate threat is gone now and after 3. … Bxc3 4. Rxa3, black emerged relatively unscathed and can try to do something with his bishop pair.
well….BG2 defends fairly well against e3.
My first thought is r#B….followed by b#c seems pretty brutal to me.
Mike Magnan
..Qxc5. Think it works…