White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
After 1.Ng6!, white will secure a decisive material advantage.
If black takes the queen, then Ne7+…
If black does not take the queen, then Ne7+ will win the exchange.
Finding 1. Ng6! (<5 seconds) was easy here. Check all the lines took some more time. White wins at least an exchange.
1. -, Qxf5?? 2. Nxe7+
1. -, Re7?? 2. Qxd5, Rxd5 3. Ne7+ (another fork on e7 – cute)
1. -, Qd7/d8 2. Nxe7+, Qxe7 3. c6! +- leaves black without counter play.
Is this right?
Best wishes
Jochen
1. Ng6! 1-0
Ng6
The pretty 1.Ng6! wins for white. Easy to see in this position, however, not sure how many moves earlier this had to be seen over the board when pondering whether or not this very position is safe to enter. Nice.
Beelze
Ng6! 🙂
1.Ng6! winning at least the exchange.
To me, Ng6 looks obvious, double attacking and having the fork at e7 available. But is there a defense? I don’t think so, 1. Ng6 should do the trick, win an exchange with check.
My try 1.Ng6
threat is Nxe7+ forking the Q