Saturday, March 09, 2013

Middlegame tactic review


White to move. What is the best continuation for White?

r1br2k1/1pq2ppp/1npN1n2/2B5/3RP2P/p5P1/P4PB1/2Q2RK1 w - - 0 1

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. Nb5 cxb5 2. Qf4

Cris Brown said...

i have no idea for do this.
Visalus

Anonymous said...

Nb5 b5
Qf4

Anonymous said...

1. Nb5 cxb5 2. Qf4, and if 2... Qxf4 3. Rxd8+ followed by mate.

Anand Gautam said...

e5 looks very strong! A few possible variations:

1. e5! Nd7
2. Nxf7!! Kxf7 (or Re8)
3. Bd6! 1-0

1. e5! Ng4
2. Nxc8! Rxd4
3. Ne7+!! Kh8 (or Kf8)
4. Bxd4 Qxe7
5. Bxb6 1-0

1. e5! Ne8
Not sure about this line, but White's position looks promising after
2. Bxa3

davey said...

1. Nb5, pxN
2. Qf4, Qd7
3. RxQ

not clear it wins, but otherwise White remains a pawn down.

CraigB said...

Black's Rd8 is guarded only by the Q, and protects the back rank. 1. Nb5 cb 2. Qf4 and Black must choose among 2...R:d4 2. Q:c7, 2...Qd7 3. R:d7 R:d7, or 2...Q:f4 3. R:d8+ and mate next.

Yancey Ward said...

Well, I can see that white wants to deflect the queen from guarding d8, but I am not really seeing the correct line. Definitely overlooking something here.

Yancey Ward said...

I see it now. Yikes! The second move is the hard one to find.