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…Bf7 and …Bxc4!
Perhaps 1…Bf7 to sac the B for the c-pawn, then push the b-pawn. Should be good for a try with everything locked up on the K-side.
Black can opt for a direct approach :
1…….. Bf7!
(Threatening Bxc4 – Bxb3)
2. Nf1
(2. Nf1 Bxc4
3. bxc4 b3
4. Nd2 bxa2
5. Nb3 and white manages to stop the pawns.)
2…….. h3!
3. Nd2 h2
4. Nxe4+ Kg4
5. Ng3 Bxc4!
and black is threatening Bxb3 as well.
0-1
1)… Bf7
followed by
2)… BXc4
Be8, followed by Ba4. White won’t be able to stop the pawns on both wings.
the correct move r Bf7 followed by Bc4
sacrifice the bishop ??
Bf7 followed by Bxc4.
Only breakthrough possible. Bf7, next move take the pawn. Just enough time to queen in all the variations. Fo Shizzle
What if replied by kd2?
Scrubbed my 1st attempt this morning but looks a challenge so have to submit something!!
1…..Bf7
2.Kd2 Bxc4
3.Kc2 Be2
4.Kd2 c5
Correction!
Re…Scrubbed etc
c4 not c5
1…Bf7! (idea …Bxc4)
2 Kd2 Bxc4 3 bxc4 b3 4 axb3 a2 wins
White has no adequate defence to this plan.
To the anonymous commenter who suggested Be8-Ba4:
I don’t think White needs to cooperate with black’s plan.
1. …..Be8
2. Kd2 Ba4
3. Kc2!
Of course, 3.ba4 loses to b3, with Kc2, white has it under control for the moment. Black can’t penetrate through the king side as long as white keeps the knight on h2- even pushing h3 won’t help since white controls the block of squares f3/f4/g3/g4. So, if black persists with the sacrifice at b3, he must try to bring the king around to a4:
3. …..Bb3
4. Kb3 Kf5
5. Ka4 Ke6
6. Kb3 Kd6
7. Ka4 Kc6
8. Kb3 Kb6
9. Ka4 Ka6
10.Kb3 Ka4
11.Ng4 and black makes no progress.
1…Bf7 2.Kd2 Bxc4 3.Kc1
(3.bxc4 b3 4.axb3 a2 5.Ke1 a1=Q+)
3…Bf7 4.Kb1 c4 5.Kc2 cxb3+ 6.axb3 a2 7.Kb2 Bxb3 8.Ka1
The anonymous commenter who suggested Be8 and Ba4 has the right basic idea, but is picking the wrong square on which to sacrifice the bishop:
1. …..Bf7!
2. Kd2 Bc4
The difference between this and the previous line is that white can’t capture the bishop with the king. Black has forced the issue. Continuing:
3. bc4 b3!
And no matter what white tries, black will queen a pawn at a1: if 4.Kc3/c1, black plays ba2, and if 4.ab3, black play a2.
So, back at move 3, white could decline the bishop, but he will still lose:
3. Kc2 Bd3!
4. Kc1 c4
5. bc4 Bc4
6. Kb1 h3 (a waiting move)
7. f3
If 7.Ka1, black plays Bd3 trapping the king and forcing 8.f3 anyway.
7. …..Kh4
8. Ng4 ef3
9. Ne5 Ba2
10.Ka2 f2
11.Nf3 Kg3
12.Nd2 h2-+
Sorry, you’re right – Kd2 stops it. It looks like Bf7 followed by Bxc4 gets the pawns rolling.