Black to move. In the actual game, Dominguez lost. Is this a win, draw, or loss for Black?
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Looks like an easy win after 1…Nf2 2.Bc2 Nxg4+ and 3.Ne3, no?!
Beelze
It looks to me as though Nf2 is at least drawing for Black. White has to respond with Bc2 to prevent Black from queening, and then Black takes Ng4+.
1. … Nf2 is one possibility.
2. Bc2 Nxg4+
and 3… Ne3
The idea is, if white moves the king to g6/h7 on move 3, then he cannot advance his g3 pawn — the bishop cannot support the pawn advance.
On the other hand, if white moves his king back to h5 to support g3-g4 (on move 3), then Black’s king can come to g7 and cannot be dislodged. At that point, black can force white to give up his bishop for the c-pawn, and win.
i.e.,
1. … Nf2
2. Bc2 Nxg4+
3. Kh5 Ne3
4. Bg6 Kf8
5. g4 Kg7
6. g5 fxg5
7. fxg5 c2 wins
or
1. … Nf2
2. Bc2 Nxg4+
3. Kg6 Ne3
4. Bd3 (or 4. Bf5)
and black can simply hold with 4… Ng4
as the worst case, although 4… c2 could potentially work as well.
Btw, anyone here plays on playchess.com? I tried it for the first time yesterday. Loved it. Have been a fan of ICC all this while, but their charges have gone up, so thought of trying something new. Too bad there are not enough players on FICS.
I didn’t know Ray Robson was in Moscow:
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/talmem/wblitz09.jpg
A win, 1.Ne1 loses coz the knight can’t get back quickly enough for the g-pawn, but 1.Nf2, Bc2, 2. Nxg4+ and 3.Ne3 should be good enough
It looks pretty easy.
1. … Nf2
2. Bc2 Ng4
3. Kh5 Ne3 and black wins.
1…Nf2! 2.Bc2 Nxg4+ and 3…Ne3 wins.
No you do know he was there.
1. … Nf2
2. g5 N:d1
3. g6 Ne3
4. Kh7 (if 4. Ng4 C:g4+; f5; Nf6 -+)
4. … f5
5. g7 Nd5 and Nf6 -+
Black wins with
1… Nf2
2.Bc2 Nxg4+
3.Kh5 Ne3 capturing bishop or exchanging pawn for bishop wins since black K can stop pawns
if 2. g5 fg
3.fg Nxd1
4.g6 Ne3
5.Kg4 (5. Kh7 Nf5 wins) Kf8 wins
1.Nf2…Bc2
2.Ng4+…K any
3.Ne3 wins
After Nf2, white has to move bishop to c2. Ng4+ and next Ne3, winning the bishop. (I might be wrong…)
Nc1 looks winning for black.
Nf2 looks ok. B must move then g4 and e3.
Ne1 followed by c2 nets the bishop
I don’t like Ne1
1. ….Ne1
2. g5 c2
3. Bc2 Nc2
4. g6 and how does black stop the pawn? Even if there were a way to get the knight back in time, white just creates another passed kingside pawn, and it takes too many moves for black to create his own queening pawn on the queenside.
yeah…it looks easy.