Black to move. How should black proceed?
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Black to move. How should black proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
Rg5fg5 Qg5Rf2 ef2Qf2 Bc6
1… Qxf4
if
2. Nxf4 R5xg5+
3. Ng2 Rxg2+
4. Kh1 Bc6
0-1
if
2. Rxf4 R5xg5
3. Qh4
(hoping for a counter attack with Qd8+ and Qf8+)
3. … Rxg2+
4. Kh1 R2g5
threatening 5… Bc6+ and ,,,kg7 and …Rh6
e.g.,
5. R1f1 Bc6+
6. R4f3 Kg7
white will have to give up the queen for the rook. black will have an extra pawn, the passed h-pawn.
Re5-g5
Qxg2+ is the first try but that just doesn’t seem to work. In large part because the g5 pawn blocks that file and protects h6. Then Rxg5 really seems to open things up for black with the white king exposed there doesn’t seem to be a good defense that prevents loss of material
Rexg5 2. fxg5 Qxg5 3. Rf2 exf2+ 4. Qxf2 Bc6 5. Kf1 Bxg2+ 6. Ke1 Be4 7. Rd1 Qg1+ 8. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 9. Kd2 Rxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bb1 11. Kc1 Bxa2 12. Kb2 Bxb3 13. Kxb3 h5 14. Kc2 h4 15. Kd2 h3 16. Ke1 h2 17. Kf1
Pretty simple once you get the idea of Bc6 or Bh3 in your head:
1. …..Reg5!
2. Qg3
Here, 2.fg5 won’t save white since black will use the tempo to back his queen up on the g-file keeping the same basic threats: [2.fg5 Qg5! 3.Rf8 (or 3.Rf2 Bc6 4.Qf1 ef2 5.Qf2 Bg2-+) 3. …Kf8 4.Qf1 Ke7! 5.Rd1 Bh3!-+ (or 5. …Bc6?! 6.Rd5 Bd5 7.cd5 Qg3-+)]. Continuing from move 2 above:
2. …..Rg3
3. f5 R6g5
4. Kh2 Rg2 and black is up a piece, and may have a forced mate in here somewhere, but I don’t see it right now since white’s f-pawn is fouling things up a bit.