Black to move. How should Black proceed?
3r3k/2pq4/5p1p/1p2pP1Q/p3P2P/1PP3RP/1P1r4/2K1R3 b - - 0 1
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Sunday chess tactic
Black to move. How should Black proceed?
3r3k/2pq4/5p1p/1p2pP1Q/p3P2P/1PP3RP/1P1r4/2K1R3 b - - 0 1
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1 .. Rc2+
2 Kb1 Rxb2+
3 Kxb2 Qd2+
4 Ka3 Qd6+
5 Kb2 Rd2+
5 .. Rd2+ is an illegal move above.
Try this:
1 .. Rc2+
2 Kb1 Qd2
protecting h6 pawn and threatening mate with Rb2 and then Qb2
Alas, 3. Qxh6#
No, black's Qd2 protects the h6 pawn, so
3 Qxh6? Qxh6
4 Kxc2
black wins Q for R
Anon, Sunday, November 30, 2008 2:52:00 PM CST
Yes, 2 .. Qd2 is more efficient.
What is illegal about 5 .. Rd2+?
1... Rc2+!! 2. Kb1 (2. Kxc2 Qd2+ 3. Kb1 Qxe1+ 4. Ka2 Qxg3 win a rook.) 2... Qd2 followed by 3...Rxb2 black must win.
Anon, Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:54:00 PM CST
"What is illegal about 5 .. Rd2+?"
Rook at d8 can't jump over the Queen at d6 to get to d2. Am I missing something obvious?
Anon, Sunday, November 30, 2008 6:08:00 PM CST
OK, thanks for pointing out.
Quoting my friend The Turk: "1... Rc2+!! 2. Kb1 (2. Kxc2 Qd2+ 3. Kb1 Qxe1+ 4. Ka2 Qxg3 win a rook..."
White still has some play i.e.
5. Qxh6+ Kg8 only move
6. Qxf6 threatening the Rook; and now what? I tried:
6..Rb8
7. Qg5+ QxQ
8. hxQ Kg7
Ok, now I see that the White pawns can be stopped. The Rook advantage is too much to oppoze.
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