18 Oct 13
Originally posted by Fat LadyI was thinking the same thing SG was. I'll need to look at this a little harder.
I'm not convinced that Black is winning after SwissGambit's suggestion. Black wins a queen for a bishop and a rook and also picks up the b2 pawn. The 2 vs 1 pawn advantage on the queenside might be enough to swing it for him, but it's far from easy.
18 Oct 13
Originally posted by Paul Leggett
I was thinking the same thing SG was. I'll need to look at this a little harder.
If white does not immediately capture the black rook on d1 and instead makes an intermediate check on b7 then black king moves become problematic because of the possible knight check on g5. If the king goes to f8, then Rf7+ basically trades rooks, which leaves black a piece up. I've seen this technique in rook endings to set up a stalemate.
18 Oct 13
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Is the f2 Knight overworked stopping both Bh3 and Rd1 or is it ideally placed?
At best 1.....Bh3 draws. (Paul is on the right track).
After years of getting caught in S.G's problems I may have finally caught him.
(although I'm thinking perhaps he and Fat Lady had perhaps seen what
I was up to and tried to lead you up the garden path.)
The position was me playing over a game and shooting off on a fantasy trip.
I got this position where the Bh3 trick worked.
I then noticed the Rook b7+ idea (which failed.) so I re-jigged the position
to make it work.
It's a wee study in always looking deeper, past the final combination.
Stick this one amongst a set of, shall we normal test positions and it
will trip a few up.
Variation II
18 Oct 13
Originally posted by greenpawn34Yeah, you got me.
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[fen]1K1Q4/P1N3P1/1Pq2P2/3P4/6p1/1p1b3p/1k2r3/6R1 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Is the f2 Knight overworked stopping both Bh3 and Rd1 or is it ideally placed?
At best 1.....Bh3 draws. (Paul is on the right track).
After years of getting caught in S.G's problems I may have finally caught him.
(although I'm thinking perhaps he and Fat Lady had perhaps se ...[text shortened]... xf7 Ng5+ again.} 4... Qxf7 5. Qxd1 {In all lines Whiite comes out a piece (and pawns up.)}[/pgn]
Maybe ...g5!? and if Qf1, Rd2. There may be a nice defensive resource I am missing.