Chess Tactics and Combinations. Features Grandmaster opening and middlegame. Hints, Solutions and Analysis provided. Carlsen, Anand, Kasparov,Firouzja,Caruana games.
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Friday, September 10, 2010
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White to play
Battle between two strong grandmasters reached a crucial point. Can you find the best continuation for White ?
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Anonymous
said...
I saw a few lines, all ofe them starting with: 1. Ncxe5!!; now: I. 1..Qd1+ 2. Kh2 Ra1 (threatning mate) 3. Ng4+ Kf7 (if 3..Nf6? 4. Qxf7#) 4. Nh6+ Ke7 5. Ng8+ Kf7 6. Ng4# II. 1..dxe5 2. Qxe5+ Nf6 (if 2..Kf7? 3. Ng5# or if 2..Kh6 3. Qg5+ Kg7 4. Qe7+ Kh6 5. Qf8+ Ng7 6. Qxf4+ g5 7. Qxg5#) 3. Qe7+ Kh6 4. Qf8+ Kh5 5. Qxf6 and black has no chance to evoid mate
I missed something: black can evoid mate with 5..Qxf3, but then follows 6. gxf3 Rxb8 7. Qxd6 and black loses another light piece, not to mention that white has two conected pawns on 'd' and 'e' columns; at this point black has to resign.
3 comments:
I saw a few lines, all ofe them starting with: 1. Ncxe5!!; now:
I. 1..Qd1+ 2. Kh2 Ra1 (threatning mate) 3. Ng4+ Kf7 (if 3..Nf6? 4. Qxf7#) 4. Nh6+ Ke7 5. Ng8+ Kf7 6. Ng4#
II. 1..dxe5 2. Qxe5+ Nf6 (if 2..Kf7? 3. Ng5# or if 2..Kh6 3. Qg5+ Kg7
4. Qe7+ Kh6 5. Qf8+ Ng7 6. Qxf4+ g5
7. Qxg5#) 3. Qe7+ Kh6 4. Qf8+ Kh5
5. Qxf6 and black has no chance to evoid mate
I missed something: black can evoid mate with 5..Qxf3, but then follows 6. gxf3 Rxb8 7. Qxd6 and black loses another light piece, not to mention that white has two conected pawns on 'd' and 'e' columns; at this point black has to resign.
1 Nce5!! is indeed what Tal played and line I happened in the game.
Well done !
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