Author: Simon Finn
Date: 11:23:26 09/25/01
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On September 25, 2001 at 13:48:55, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >On September 25, 2001 at 12:30:20, Simon Finn wrote: > >>On September 24, 2001 at 18:13:09, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >> >>>On September 24, 2001 at 17:41:22, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >>> >>>>Just to start a thread on this and post a diagram, Peter Berger >>>>thinks that Qh6 could be another solution. >>>> >>>>[D]2r2rk1/pp2pp1p/2np2p1/q4P2/2PBP1b1/2N5/PP1Q2PP/R4RK1 w - - bm h3; id >>>>"ECM.1527"; >>> >>>I've been thinking for ~10 minutes here in front of the screen and I do not >>>see how black can be saved after 1.b4. >>>1... Nxb4 2. Nd5 threats mate in e7 and the Knight in b4 that is pinned. >>>1... Qxb4 2. Qh6 f6 (Nxd4 3. Nd5 mate in e7 and queen in b4) >> >>After 2... Nxd4 3. Nd5 Qc5 where is the mate? > >Nowhere! >I did not mean mate in e7 in the second sentence. It was a "Lapsus" >after typing the first sentence. I meant mating attack (after taking in e7 >and/or in combination with f6 or fxg6 etc.). >Anyway, it is not correct what I meant!. I did not see that Qc5 threats Nf5+! > >Still the position is very promising for White, I think, if you let me change >the PV. I will need to check thouroughly but >1.b4 Qxb4 >2.Qh6 Nxd4 >3.f6 (better than Nd5?) Ne6 >4.Nd5 creates a lot of problems to black. After Qc5+ >5. Kh1 the threat is fxe7 - Nf6+ and that looks good. A quick check with >Gaviota from this position seems to confirm this. Doe White have better than this? 5 ... Kh8 6. fxe7 f5 7. exf8Q+ Nxf8 Black is worse, but I wouldn't resign it. Simon > >Anyway, 1.h3 is straightforward. if Be2 2.b4! Qxb4 3. Rfb1! is directly winning >a piece. However, a cook (or more, P. Berger Qh6 looks interesting too) >might exist here. > >Regards, >Miguel > > > >>(Black threatens Nxf5+ followed by chopping off the White Queen, >>so there isn't time for anything subtle.) >> >>Simon >> >>> 3. fxg6 hxg6 >>>4.Qxg6+ Kh8 5.Rf4 +- >>>1... Qd8 2. h3 wins a piece, because of the trick Be2 does not work anymore >>>with the Q out of a5. >>> >>>While I am writing this, I see that 1.h3 accomplish something similar >>>because 1.h3 Be2 2.b4! might work in the same way. >>>I do not have a program here, I will check it later but I feel that there is >>>more that one solution around these ideas. >>> >>>Miguel
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