Black to move. Can Black save this game?
2B1r1k1/1P3p2/6p1/p6p/P7/6PK/2N2q1P/2QRb1N1 b – – 0 1
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No. Black is lost.
Yes.
1. ….Qf1
2. Kh4 Re4
3. Kg5 Kg7
And I don’t see a defense against the multiple threats of mate via f6, Qf6, or Rg4. If, for example,
4. Qb2/a1 f6
5. Qf6 Qf6#
1. …, Qf1
2. Kh4, Re4
4. Kg5, Kg7 !!
and there is no defense for white against all different treats
i.e. 5…, f6; 5…., Qf6
I must agree with anon 11:11, I cant see black saving the game. White’s bishop is to strong.
abed
claudiachess.blogspot.com
How about–
1. Black plays Re4
2. White plays PB8 with a promotion
3. Black mates with QF1
If White sees what’s going on with the e4 move and plays Ne3, Black plays RB4 and sacrifices the rook to get rid of that forward pawn.
The black queen and bishop are close enough to white’s king, and black’s king is secure enough from white’s big guns, that black can possibly set up some kind of draw scenario from there.
well, there is at least a draw:
1. … Qf1+
2. Kh4 Qc4+
3. Kh3 Qf1+
etc.
If
3. Kg5 Qc5+
Now, if 4. Kf4, Qe5+, 5. Kf3, Qe4 #
Or if 4. Kh6, Qf8+, 5. Kg5, Qe7+, 6. Kh6, Bf3 wins for black.
So Black has at least a perpetual.
Susan: Whenever you set puzzles and ask questions like, “Can White/Black save this game”, the implied rhetorical answer is always, “Yes.” Why don’t you, every now and then, put up a position where the answer is “No”?
In a real game, I seriously doubt if White would have been so careless as to have left his pieces in such a ridiculous predicament, e.g. knights hampering his own major pieces.
No – black cannot save this game. White’s knight on g1 is simply too strong.