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Ba6
It looks like 1. Ba6 wins the Queen after 1…….Qc6
2. Rc8
1…Ba6 2.Qc6 Rc8, White queen is dead ,)
The white queen’s position is looking a bit claustrophobic. I think black can take advantage of this by playing:
1. …..Ba6
2. Qc6
Here, Qa5 will drop the queen with no compensation after black replies with 2. …b5. Continuing:
2. …..Rc8
3. Qc8
And, now, the queen has only a5 left as a hopeless retreat, so there is nothing better than getting the rook and knight in exchange in this line. Continuing:
3. …..Bc8
And black has a queen for a knight and rook.
I think Ba6 works, forcing Qxc6, after which Rc8 traps the queen.
The White Queen looks a little tight in there…
So, try 1…Ba7
2.Qa5 b6 and the Queen is lost
Check for escapes etc…
Oh, hang on, the Knight is unprotected … no problem, the idea still works, just not quite so winning…
so, 2.Qxc6 Rc8
Now, if 3.Qa5 b6 the Queen is lost.
Checking … yup, the desperados on the c-fle don’t work.
so, 3.Qxc8 Bxc8 and taking the Rook and Knight for the Queen is the best White can manage.
easy..the queen is trapped…Ba6 Q#c6 Rc8 wins the lady…its really not that difficult to see.
1 Ba6 2QxN Rc8 3 Qa4 b5 Resign
black can win a little bit of material by taking advantage of the awkward placement of the white queen. If the knight were protected, Ba6 followed by b5 would trap the queen. But further reflection shows that after
Ba6 QxN
Rc8
The queen is lost for rook and knight
Black can consider moves like Nxd4 first as well, though arguably this helps activate the bishop on B2.
The queen doesn’t have a lot of squares and the bishop on b2 is undefended. I don’t see any way to get at the bishop and Nxd4 Bxd4 doesn’t do anything for me. So I wonder about Ba6 or protecting the knight first and then Ba6 Qc7/Ba6
Ba6 Qxc6 Rc8 Qxc8 Bxc8
Ba6 Qa4 b4
What if Qc7 threatening Ba6? Can the queen escape
Qc7 e4 Ba6 Qxd5
Qc7 e4 dxe4 Nxe4 and black looks OK.
So I’ll stick with the initial Ba6 line
Ba6
Ba6 would force queen for R+Knight . Ba6 ? Qxc6 Rc8 Qxc8 ( forced as Qa4 b5 traps the queen )
1… Ba6 is very strong and probably wins immediately. 2. Bxc6 Rc8 3. Qa4 b5 and the Queen is trap
Nxd4!
The problem is that the white Queen is almost trapped. The knight cant be taken, sin Ba6 traps the queen with either b5 og rc8.
1…Ba6 2.Qxc6 Rc8 and if 3.Qa4 then 3…Rxc1 and 4…b5
HDR is back! yay! ^_^
1…Ba6 2.Qxc6 Rc8 3.Qxc8
[3.Qa4 b5]
3…Bxc8 -+
– SS
1…. Ba6!
2. Qxc6 Rc8 traps the queen
Queen chasing is the likely motive here, so:
1. … Ba6 (redusing whites options to a minimum).
2. Qxc6 (Qa4 b5)
2. … Rc8 game over (Qa4 b5).
Susan Polgar’s tactics problems – as endorsed by GM Nigel Short (@the London Classic, 2010).
Good old Nigel for being his wine drinking, humerous self at the post-mortems/commentary room chat, despite losing games like “an idiot”.
Of, course, the line I gave (Ba6 Qxc6 Rc8 Qxc8 Bxc8) gives white R+N for the queen, so “game over” was a bit hasty. An improvement, winning a pawn too, could be to start with Nxd4 (taking it is enforced) and the rest goes like the first line. I’m not able to see something else that is enforcing….