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In the position below I had the white pieces and already a rather strong attack. Nevertheless my opponent probably thought he just had found the way out by playing Nd5-b4 attacking my queen and bishop a the same time (doing a so called "fork").
Fortunately there was a rather elegant way available to keep attacking and deciding the match within a few more moves.
What did I play as white?
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In der Stellung unten hatte ich mit Weiß bereits einen ziemlich starken Angriff initiiert. Nichtsdestotrotz glaubte mein Gegner vermutlich, mit seinem letzten Zug Sd5-b4, der zugleich meine Dame und meinen Läufer bedroht (eine so genannte "Springergabel"), die größten Probleme gelöst zu haben.
Glücklicherweise verbarg sich in der Position eine elegante Möglichkeit, die Attacke fortzusetzen und das Spiel binnen weniger Züge zu beenden.
Was spielte ich mit Weiß?
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Solution
As my chess quizzes require not only a single move to be found but a whole move order, it isn't always easy to declare a winner (as often more than one participant contributes valuable ideas). In this case I decided to declare @holbein81 and @greatwolf both as winner, because both had the correct ideas.
The complete solution is as follows:
Congrats to the winners!
The moves 1. Bb5+ (discovered check) and 5. Rc8++ (double check) are especially nice! :)
Ah, nice. For some reason I was thinking the Rook takes back on c8 but I forgot about the bishop making it double check.
That's correct ... the double check leads to an elegant end. :)
What would happen if instead of defending the king on c7 the black queen took the rook? (3 … Qc7 → 3 … Qxc5) After 4. xc5 white would have a pawn blocking his own attack on the c file.
The black queen cannot take the white rook (don't forget the bishop on b5).
oops. :) i'm an idiot.
Of course not ... every chess player gets confused from time to time - even me, haha. ;-)
Actually, change that, I would move my bishop back to b5
What would be your exact continuation after Nxc2 (whole move order please)?
Ok, let's try this.
White, bishop to b5, check
Black knight must defend, from b4 to c6
White bishop b5 takes knight c6
Black pawn b7 takes bishop c6
White queen takes pawn c6, check mate - after brief black queen intervention
That right?
Alternatively
Bishop c6-b5 check
Knight x c2
Castle x c2 check
Bishop f8-c5
Castle x c5 checkmate, again after brief queen intervention
How exactly do you checkmate now? :)
Rc8 check
Kc8
Ra1 to c1 checkmate
That right?
!Rc8+ with mate in 1 to follow.
My choice would be Bb5+ also daring black to take the queen; if he doesn't I'll start making chicken noises.
What would be your exact continuation after Nxc2 (whole move order please)?
After ..., Nxc2, Rxc2+
Black has no safe squares so he can't move his king, he cannot capture the rook so the only thing he can do is block the check.
I see 3 ways he can block, none of them are really appealing:
Bc5, Rxc5+ and check again
Qc3, Rxc3+ loses the queen and doesn't even blunt the attack.
Qc7 seems like the only move that doesn't lose outright. The next sequence would something like this: Qc7, Rxc7+, Kb8, Rd7+ threatening Rxd8#, Kc8, Rc1+ and the game is over at this point.
I'm going to say Bb5+, Nxb2, Rxb2+, Bc5, Rxc5+, Qc7, Rxc7+, Kb8... or something along those lines.
Puts you up two minor pieces with a revealed check on the next rook move. Should be an easy win from there.
Is that the right answer?
Looks good ... see above for the complete solution.
By the way it is Nxc2 (not b2) ...
Na das resteeme ich doch sehr gerne für meine schachspielenden Follower :-)
nicht das ich es verstehe...aber ich parke das mal um....
did u play online jaki ? HOPE TO HAVE IT WITH even i feel u are profi lol
Yes, it was an online chess game. Recently I don't have the time anymore to play 'offline' tournament games often.
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Wow Really Info. great playing the chess, 100% like and resteem
I would take the pawn on b7 with my bishop on c6
Nice that you take part and making suggestions, but I would like to see whole move orders instead single moves only. :)