Game 1 - Winning Attack
Black (Me) has a winning attack, time to bring home the bacon....
(Black to play)
Game 2 - Find The Best Move
White had traded a Knight+Bishop for a Rook+Pawn to pry open my King position. I knew that Black has a slight advantage but I was thinking of how to best activate my pieces here. I sank into a deep long think.... and came up with a move. What move was it?
(Black to play) :
Game 3 - I Didn't See It Coming
My opponent thought that he could defend with Black and played 1.... Qd6. What did he miss?
(White to play)
Answers:
Game 1
1... Bf1+ 2. Rxf1 Rh2#
Game 2:
The move I played was 1.... Nh4! Suddenly the dawn of realisation came when my opponent realised that the Knight on h4 is untouchable. White tried 2. Qb3+ Bd5 and resigned a few moves later.
Added Question: Can you figure out why White cannot play 2. gxh4? Because it ends in mate!
1... Nh4
2. gxh4 Qxh2+
3. Kg1 Qh1+
4. Ke2 Qf3+
5. Kg1 e3!! and mate cannot be prevented
Game 3 -
The winning move was 1. f4! And mate cannot be stopped as the the next move is Qh7#. If
1. f4 Nxf4 (else 1.... Rh8 2. f7=Q+ Bxf8 3. Qg5#)
2. Rxf4 also results in mate after Qh7+ and Qh4#
Hi interesting concept. Game 1 Bf1+ Ng2 Bxg2# Game 2 Nge5 can't be that bad either Game 3 I thought Qh7+ Kg5 f4+ Nxf4 Qf5+ works in a similar way
ReplyDeleteHi HeinzK!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the addendum on Game 1. Ooops, I forgot to put that variation in! :)
For Game 2, Nge5 is indeed good. But what I didn't like initially about the move was that it blocks the Queen's diagonal and I felt that if I were to maintain this clear line of diagonal, White will forever have to worry about piece sacrifices around its pawn structure. It was only after I started to calculate Nh4 and that it could not be taken that I realise that White is in huge trouble after this move.
For Game 3, Qh7+ was nice. But I latched onto the idea of f4 because the problem was that pesky Knight that could provide the King with some cover and I could not calculate that it works as well within the time constraint.
Thank you for the comments! You've certainly given me something to think about!
cheers
I saw Bxg4 for the first one, although your path was shorter.
ReplyDeleteI got f4 for game 3.
Game two I would have managed to lose somehow.
Great games btw.
I must be loosing my mind but how is 1.f4 Nxf4 2.Qh7 mate?
ReplyDeleteHi Lauri,
ReplyDelete1. f4 Nxf4 (else 1.... Rh8 2. f7=Q+ Bxf8 3. Qg5#)
2. Rxf4 also results in mate after Qh7+ and Qh4#
If Black attempts to guard the h-file with 2... Rh8 then the earlier variation with f7=Q+ (listed within the brackets) also leads to the same mating combination.
cheers!
Hi Wang,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments!!