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Seems like 1.R1:d5 wins, on Qa1 the rook goes back to d1. If 2…e:d5 3.Rc8 Rc8 4.Qc8.
IZ
R1xd5 then …h5
but white seems to be doing well.
black’s busted after
R1xd5…h5
Qd1 Qb8
Qa4+ b5
Rxb5
what about 1) R1xd5 h5
2) Qg5? (if Qa1+ Rc1)
Wow. Who got it first? The Rxd5? Brilliant.
Rook takes bishop is interesting and keeps the black king in the center but I cant see how I’d continue in that.
I think that white is slightly better, even though he is down several pawns. Black has screwed up pawn structure, white has more active pieces, black isn’t castled yet, and black’s rooks aren’t cooperating well. Black, however, is keeping the white rooks from penetrating along the c-file, has a nice post for his bishop. White can skewer black’s queen to his g-pawn with 1.Bc3. If 1…Qd6, then 2.Qxg7, after which black can’t castle and if 2…bxc5, then white regains the rook with check and gets some nice posts for his pieces. If 1…Qg5 2.Qxg5 hxg5, white can take the seventh rank with 3.Rc7, but on 3…f6, white shouldn’t play 4.Rxg7?, after which black gains…
…the upper hand with 4…Rc8. However, white can play 4.Rdc1, after which 5.Rxg7 is threatened and white will get at least a draw by checking black’s king along the seventh rank. Also, white should be able to easily contain black’s pawns because of black’s poor pawn structure and it’s a bishops-of-opposite-colors game. White could try to rip open the position to black’s king, but I don’t think that this is possible. Actually, this…
1.R1xd5 if 1…exd5 2.Rc8+ Rxc8 3.Qxc8++; if 1.h5 Rxe5 hxg4 Rh5! wins a bishop.