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Saturday, April 10, 2010
Tricky position
Black to play
In this position, Black to play. Can you work out the unfolding tactics ?
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
I think it's a draw game if black plays 1..Nxh4! Now, white's 2. Rxf8+ is wrong , cause one of the two follows 2..Kg7; 3. Rc8 Nxf3; 4. Rxc7+ Kf6; 5. Qf1 Qxg3 and black has a deadly attack against white's king; or, 3. gxh4 Rxh4 and white has to give up its rook in order to evoid 4.Rxh3#. So, the only logical continuation for white is 2. gxh4 (keeping safe its rook on a8) Rxh4; 3. Kh2 Qf4+ and black has perpetual chess on the diagonal c1-g5
In this position, Black to play. Can you work out the unfolding tactics ?
2 comments:
I think it's a draw game if black plays 1..Nxh4! Now, white's 2. Rxf8+ is wrong , cause one of the two follows 2..Kg7; 3. Rc8 Nxf3; 4. Rxc7+ Kf6; 5. Qf1 Qxg3 and black has a deadly attack against white's king; or, 3. gxh4 Rxh4 and white has to give up its rook in order to evoid 4.Rxh3#. So, the only logical continuation for white is 2. gxh4 (keeping safe its rook on a8) Rxh4; 3. Kh2 Qf4+ and black has perpetual chess on the diagonal c1-g5
Well done ! White lost with 2Rf8+ and should have taken the draw instead.
This was a GM game so your answer is of the highest quality !
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