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How about 1. -Rc1+ 2.Qxc1 Ne2+ winning the queen?
How about 1. -Rc1+ 2.Qxc1 Ne2+ winning the queen?
After 21…Rc1 22.Qxc1 Ne2+ 23.Rxe2 Qxc1+ 24.Kf2 Black has won the queen for a rook and a knight. Is that enough to win the game?
How about 1. -Rc1+ 2.Qxc1 Ne2+ winning the queen?
After 21…Rc1 22.Qxc1 Ne2+ 23.Rxe2 Qxc1+ 24.Kf2 Black has won the queen for a rook and a knight. Is that enough to win the game?
Yes, it should! after 1…Rc1 2.Qxc1 Ne2+ 3. Rxe2 Qxc1+ 4.Kf2 Qd1 the d-pawn falls.
Kamalakanta
after 1…Rc1 2.Qxc1 Ne2+ 3. Rxe2 Qxc1+ 4.Kf2 Qd1 the d-pawn falls.
5.Nd3 Ba6 6.Re3 Qa4 7.b4 does manage to hang on to the d-pawn, but that’s one awfully tangled knot that White’s tied himself into.
For the actual game score, go here.
24… Ba6! -+ Pawn (Qd1) that’s good, but piece is better
24… Ba6!
What Averbakh actually played. Kamalakanta’s 24…Qd1 is also entirely adequate to win, as are several other moves.
1. Nxg2
2. Rxg2 Rc1
3. Qxc1 Qxc1+
1. Nxg2
2. Rxg2 Rc1
3. Qxc1 Qxc1+ ??
1…Nxg2
2. Rxg2 Rc1
3.Rxg5 Rxe1+
4.Kf2 and White has clear advantage.