Sunday, September 27, 2009

Olidie but goodie


Black to move. How should Black proceed?

Source: ChessToday.net
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9 comments:

CraigB said...

1.... d3!

A.
2. cd Qc2+
3. Ka1 Qb1#

B.
2. Nd4 Qc3
3. Kc1 d2+
4. R:d2 Qa1#

C.
2. Q:d3 N:d3 and white can't even recapture because of Qc2+ and Qb2#.

Ramprasad said...

1...d3!

(2. cxd3 or 2. Rxd3 meets .. Qxc2+ 3. Ka1 Qb2#
Of course, Qxd3 loses the queen.)

2. Nd4 Qc3 (threatening mate at b2)
3. Kc1 d2+! with mate the next move.

Jochen said...

Black's position looks very good. What did white do so far?

On the first glance the simplest win seems to be something like 1. -, d3 2. Nd4 (what else?), Nxf3! winning at least an exchange and additional pawns. White cannot handle Nxg1/Nxd4 followed by dxc2+ and cxd1~. 3. Rg2, Nxd4 won't help as now the queen cannot recapture.
(1. -, Nxf3 2. Rh1/g4 (if 2. Rf1, Nxh4) looks strong, too, but this needs more calculation tan the given line above.)

Is there something stronger? Is the given line not as strong as I think as there are hidden ressources I have overseen? I'll see as soon as the other comments are posted. :)

Best wishes
Jochen

Anonymous said...

1... d3 wins, e.g.
2. cxd3 Qc2+ and mate

Anonymous said...

M Schlosser is now an associate professor in a mathematics department.

Jagdish Dube. said...

1....d3
2 any, Qc2+ or Qxc2+
3 Ka1 Qb2#

(2 Qxd3,Queen is lost.)

Rune said...

1...d3 looks good.

Anonymous said...

1....d3! wins immediately.

Kamalakanta

algebraic said...

nf3