White to move. Imagine that you are playing White. A draw would mean a share of a big payday. Would you try to go for a draw or would you go for the win here? How would you proceed? No computer analysis please 🙂
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
h6 …
Qc7 gives a skewer.
h6 if Qc7 then Qh7
I chose this line
1. Qh7+ Kf7
2. Bg6+ Kf6
3. Rf1+ Kg5
4. Rxe5+ Rxe5
5. Qxg7 Kh4
6. Rf7 Bc6
7. Bf5 d5+
8. Rc7 Qd8
9. Rxc6 dxc4
10. Qf6#
I did it myself up to 5. Qxg7, but I admit I turned it over to the computer after that.
after 1.qh7+ kf8! is a real kill-joy …2.h6 (the best) ke7, 3.bxb7 (nearly forced) rxe2+ 4.rxe2+ nxd2 5.bd5 kd8 6.hxg7 with a slight advantage for white, because black is forced to give the rook for the strong passer pawn.
best line is:
1.h6! qc7
2.qh7+ kf8
3.hxg7+ qxg7
4.rf2+ nf5
5.rxf5+ rxf5
6.qxf5+ qf7
7.qxf7+ kxf7
8.rf1+ kg7
9.bxb7 – and white is a piece up
there are tons of sidelines – and without a comp it is – to a player of my strength – impossible to make it through
(my first line was the naive
1.h6! qc7
2.qh7+ kf8
3.qh8+? ke7 and white loses)
sincerly, Vohaul
PS: i hate exhaustive answers like
“h6…” or “qc7…” and “h6 if qc7 then qh7” is no better…
I still think qh7+ is playable.
after Kf8
1. h6 Ke7
2. Bxb7 Kd7
3. Rxe5 dxe5
4. Qxg7+ Kd6
5. Rd1+ Ke6
6. Bd5+ Kd6
7. Be4+ Ke6
8. Bf5#
ehhhh….
1.qh7+ kf8
2.h6 ke7
3.bxb7 … black won’t play the silly 3…kd7?? but 3…rxe2+ instead – and there won’t be any mate – only a slight – non decicive advantage for white in the end
🙂
I still don’t see how White proceeds after 1. h6 R8e7. If you checked it with a computer, I’m sure there is a winning line — I just can’t see it yet.
i’ll try to give the analysis results in pgn format (simply copy the lines, paste them to windows editor, and save the file as yourchoice.pgn) hope it will work
yours Vohaul
[Event “?”]
[Site “Polgar”]
[Date “????.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “test0509”]
[Black “?”]
[Result “*”]
[Annotator “Vohaul”]
[SetUp “1”]
[FEN “1q2r1k1/1b4p1/3p2Q1/p1p1r2P/PpPnB1P1/1P6/4R2K/4R3 w – – 0 1”] [PlyCount “17”] [SourceDate “2006.09.05”]
1. h6 (1. Qh7+ Kf8 (1… Kf7 2. Bg6+ Kf6 3. Rf1+ Nf3+ 4. Rxf3+ Bxf3) 2. Rf2+ ( 2. h6 Ke7 3. Bxb7 Rxe2+ (3… Kd7 4. Rxe5 dxe5 5. hxg7 Ke6 6. Bd5+ Kd6 7. Qg6+
Kc7) 4. Rxe2+ Nxe2 5. Bd5 Kd8 6. hxg7) 2… Ke7 3. Qxg7+ Kd8) 1… Qc7 (1… R8e7 2. Qh7+ Kf8 (2… Kf7 3. hxg7 Ke8 (3… Nf5 4. g8=Q+ Kf6 5. Qhg6#) 4. Qh8+ Kd7 5. Qxb8 Bxe4) 3. Qh8+ Kf7 4. Rf1+ (4. Qxb8 Rxe4 5. Rf2+ Ke6 6. Rxe4+ Bxe4) 4… Ke6 5. Qxb8 Rxe4 6. Rxe4+ Bxe4 7. Qc8+ Ke5 8. Qf8 Nf3+ 9. Rxf3 Bxf3 10.
Qxe7+) (1… R5e7 2. Qh7+ Kf8 3. Qh8+ Kf7 4. Qxg7+ Ke6 5. Bf5#) (1…
Qxe7+Ne6 2.
Bxb7 Rxe2+ 3. Rxe2 d5+ 4. Kh1 Re7 (4… Qxb7 5. h7+ Kh8 6. Qxe8+ Kxh7 7. Rh2#) 5. Bxd5 Qf8 6. Rxe6 Qf1+ 7. Kh2 Qf2+ 8. Kh3 Qf1+ 9. Kg3 Qg1+ 10. Bg2 Qd4 11. Rxe7 Qc3+ 12. Kh2) 2. Qh7+ Kf8 (2… Kf7 3. Qxg7+ Ke6 4. Bf5+ Nxf5 5. gxf5+ Kxf5 6. Rf2+ Bf3 7. Rxf3+ Ke6 8. Rf6#) 3. hxg7+ (3. Qh8+ Ke7 4. hxg7 (4. Qxg7+ Kd8 5. Bxb7 Rxe2+ 6. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 7. Kh3 Re3+ 8. Kh4 Qe7+) 4… Bxe4 5. Qxe8+ Kxe8 6. g8=Q+ Kd7 7. Rxe4 Nf3+) 3… Qxg7 (3… Ke7 4. Bg6 (4. Bxb7 Nxe2 5. g8=Q+ Kd8 6. Qgf7 Qxf7 7. Qxf7 R5e7) 4… Kd8 5. Bxe8 Rxe2+ 6. Rxe2 d5+ 7. Kh3 Nxe2 8. Qh4+ Kxe8 9. g8=Q+ Kd7 10. Qhh7+ Kc6 11. Qe8+ Kb6 12. Qb5+ Ka7 13. Qxc7
) 4. Rf2+ (4. Qxg7+ Kxg7) 4… Nf5 (4… Rf5 5. Rxf5+ Nxf5 6. Qxf5+ Qf7 7.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 8. Rf1+ Kg7) 5. Rxf5+ Rxf5 6. Qxf5+ Qf7 7. Qxf7+ Kxf7 8. Rf1+
Qxf7+ Kg7 9.
Bxb7 *
Re: the PGN: line 15, char 8
Illegal or unrecognized move
Qxe7+Ne6 2.