Thursday, October 14, 2010

Critical moment: are you up to the task ?

White to play


How would you assess your chances with White here ? Black just played ..Qf4
Several candidate moves here. Analyze well ! ( Difficult )

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. Qe1! with the ideea 2. Qb4. Now if:
a) 1..Rd8 (or Rf anywhere) 2. Qb4 and black has no defense against the double-discovered check
b) 1..Bd7 2. Nxb7+ Ke8 3. Ned6+ Ke7
4. Nf5+ Ke8 5. Qe8#
c) 1..f5 2. Nxf5+! Qxf5 (if 2..exf5then 3. Qb4+ Ke6 4. Qd6# or 3..Ke8 4. Nf6#) 3. Qb4+ Ke8 4. Nd6+ and 5 Nxf5 with win
d) 1..Ra4 (the only defense against 2. Qb4) 2. Qc3! (threatning 3.Qc7+) and white has a won position

chess_planet said...

Congratulations !

This is precisely the answer