J. Polgar vs Yilmaz (EICC 2014)
White to move. How should white proceed?
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J. Polgar vs Yilmaz (EICC 2014)
White to move. How should white proceed?
Rf4
Rf4
Rf5 looks interesting
1.RB5 followed by 2.f3 wins Q for R and N.Black can not hope for two rooks as there is N fork also.
However I did not know that women chess tactic could be different from that of men although in real life it is definitely different.
1. Rf5 blocking the Black Queen’s escape route, and threatening
2. f3, winning the Queen.
Best move for Black:
1. … Qxd1
2. Qxd1 g6xf5
Then
3. Ne6+ (!) wins the Black rook on d8, and White comes out on top.
1. Rf5 gxf5 2. f3 1-0 White wins black’s queen.
1. Rf5!!
And Black must give up his queen as 2. f3 is coming 🙂
Cut off the black queen’s retreat by first playing Rf5, then matricide with f3.
This is a position where the tactics would be very hard to foresee. The Black Queen looks a little out of place and doesn’t have many squares available to her although she has the diagonal leading back to e6-d7-c8. However 1) Rf5!? cuts off that diagonal and clears the square for the pawn advance f2-f3 attacking the Q. So the idea is 1)Rf5 gxf5, 2) f3 winning the Q
But I thought, why doesn’t Black simply take the Rook on d1 and get at least 2 rooks for the Q? It turns out that there is more. For instance 1)…Qxd1, 2) Qxd1 gxf5, 3) Qxh5 with the idea if Black takes the Knight …fxg5, 4)Qxg5+ and the loose R on d8 is simultaneously attacked. Black doesn’t have to take the Knight but the Knight and Q are threatening mate so this looks very promising along with the gain of material if White keeps his Knight. Many variations still to work out though!
– Craigaroo
1. Rf5 and 2. f3 winning the Q is inevitable. Perhaps 1…Q:e1 2. Q:e1 fg (gf 3. Ne6+) is preferable
Craigaroo,
Unfortunately, black does even worse with 1. …Qxd1:
1. Rf5 Qd1?
2. Ne6!
And now what for black? The fork has undermined the idea of winning two rooks for the queen, or even winning two rooks for a knight and queen) Some possible continuations:
2. …..Kf7
3. Nd8 Ke8 (what else now?)
4. Qd1 and white will have won a queen for a knight overall.
Or:
2. …..Kg8
3. Qd1 gf5
4. Nd8 and now the white queen can win at d6 completely destroying the black position.
Or:
2. …..Kh8
3. Qd1 Rd7 (or gf5 4.Nd8+-)
4. Rf6 with a decisive edge.