Black to move. How should black proceed?
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Black to move. How should black proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
I really wanted to make Nf3 work, but it doesn’t quite pan out:
1. …..Nf3
2. Kf1 Qh1 (what other than Nh2)
3. Qh1 Rh1
4. Ke2 Rd1 (what else?)
5. cb7 Kb7
6. Rd1 Nh4 and black has nothing but a losing position.
However, it was instructive to think about 1. …Nf3. The line failed due to the escape to f1 by the white king, and this helped stimulate my thinking in another direction:
1. …..Qe2! (threatening Nf3+)
2. Qg3
White must give the king the g2 square as an escape on this move or on the next (after 2.cb7 Kb8), but this won’t save the white queen. White could just trade the queen for the knight and rook immediately, but he is going to lose the b2 bishop, so it will be a queen for a rook on net: [2.Qh2 Rh2 3.Kh2 Qf2 4.Kh1 Qb2-+] which is no better than the line below. Continuing from move 2 above:
2. …..Nf3
3. Kg2 Rh2
4. Qh2 Nh2
5. Kh2 Qf2
6. Kh1 Qb2 -+
Unless there was the suggestion there was a good move here, the move wouldn’t even have come up for consideration by me!
1…. Qe2
cutting off f1 for the king.
attacking the B on b2 is a bonus.
the threat now is … Nf3+, … Rh2, and if necessary, … e4 to bring added pressure on h2/g3 from the dark-squared bishop
white has no good response. e.g.,
2. cxb7+ Kb8
3. Qg3 Nf3+
4. Kg2 Rh2+
5. Qxh2 Nxh2
6. Kxh2 Qxf2+
7. Kh3 g5 (or Qxb2)
It looks like 1…Qe2 wins.
It looks like 1…Qe2 wins.
It looks like 1…Qe2 wins.
It’s too easy.
1. …, Qe2 2. …, K.f3 3. White have to sacrifice the Queen (-+)
1….Qe2 threatening 2….Nf3+ White will have to sacrifice the queen for knight to avoid mate.
1…… Qe2! and black is threatening 2…… Nf3.
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1Qe2 & knight ch.
Yancey ward is surprisingly the fastest. I spent abt 2 hours at night and almost could not sleep by tring Nf3 on my mobile net. The principle behind the problem is ” It is better to prepare for an attack than direct attack”. There is important difference between “Doing” and “Going to do” and that is what in nut shell the game of Chess is. Thanks 2 Yancy for explaining the problem in lucid language and from the first move where I wanted to start. Proud being an Indian.
1…. Qe2
2. cxb7+ Kb8
Although Black still wins, another move needs looking at:
3. Bxe5