Saturday, November 29, 2008

Saturday night chess tactic


Black to move. How should Black proceed?

Mason, James - Blackburne, Joseph Henry (Monte Carlo, 1901), presented by Andreas

6k1/p4p2/1bp3p1/P2p4/1P4qp/2PQ4/4rPP1/2B2RK1 b - - 0 25
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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sorry about Mr Wade. Perhaps you should say something about that. Have a great day SusyQ
Mike

Anonymous said...

Mike - scroll down 3 or 4 screenfulls.

...Be3 looks like a winner to me.

Stu

Anonymous said...

i think bc2 is a winner.. well i dont know... i just thought

Anonymous said...

... Re3
Be3 h3
Qf3 ...
Qg2#

But After Re3... Qd1

Anonymous said...

Aha!

Same idea as above but Be3!

Ogion The Silent said...

Amazing. Thanks Andreas and Susan

Anonymous said...

If ....Re3 then Qd1 and stops the plan. So ...Be3 should be the first move and same plan as anon Saturday, November 29, 2008 11:33:00 PM CST

Anonymous said...

1.. Re3?? just take 2. fxe3

1.. Be3 is the right move