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1. Bxc6 looks like it picks up a piece but 1… Rxa7 gets it back. 1. Rxe6 looks good – if black recaptures then Qxe6 ends up getting two pawns for the exchange and black’s king is totally exposed – that looks winning for white. If 1… Ra7 or 1… Rc7 then 2. Rxg6 fxg6 3. Qxe6+ again gets two pawns for the exchange, plus black’s king is completely exposed.
I spent quite a while looking at 1.Bc6, but can’t really find a winning continuation after black drives the queen back with 1. …Ra7. I did think about 1.Re6 at the beginning, or subsequent to 1.Bc6, but I still don’t find an overpowering continuation, so I must be missing something here. However, Re6 does look “ok” for white since the rook can’t be taken:
1. Re6 Ra7
Here, fe6 is probably going to lose: [1. …fe6? 2.Qe6 Kg7 (or 2. …Kh7 3.Be4 Rg8 4.Kg2+-; or 2. …Kh8 3.Bc6 Rc6 4.Qc6+-; or 2. …Kf8 3.Bd5!+-) 3.Bc6 Ra7 4.Be4 Bf6 5.Qg4 g5 6.Qf5 with the threat of Kg2 and/or Qg6+]. But with 1. …Ra7, I don’t see how white can continue this other than play 2.Rg6+:
2. Rg6 fg6 (more or less forced)
3. Qe6 Kg7
Not really sure what black should do here. The other squares for the king seem worse to me for much the same reasons I outlined above. Continuing:
4. Bc6 Bf6 (anything better?)
Now, I see 4 possible moves here for white- bc5, Nd5, Ne4, and Be4. Which should white play? On Nd5 or Ne4, black can protect f6 with Rf8, but white can exchange pawns at b5 and play the rook to d1 to join the attack. On 4.Be4, black can still play Rf8 and then white can sort of transpose into Nd5, or exchange at b5, bring the rook. These lines are just really complex, and I don’t see the thread to follow here. I am going to just look up the game and see what Karpov and Topalov did play.
Re6
re6 imortal
Way too difficult.
Rxe6 fxe6 (or Ra7 and Rxg6+)
Qxe6+ and white picks off the N and leaves black’s k-side in ruins.
Re6
Yes, this is a difficult one. I saw the answer and I would still like to see an accompanying analysis. I think there’s a lot to learn from this puzzle.
Possibly Nd5
This is Karpov’s famous “Immortal Game”
after you have spent some time go ahead and google it, and enjoy Karpov’s amazing and logical play.