intermittent thoughts on my life and work as the chess coach at IS 318, a public middle school in Brooklyn
Friday, October 28, 2011
Anita - Tristan
Here's a quick quiz position from Anita's afterschool game vs. Tristan. White to move and win.
3 comments:
Anonymous
said...
after 1... Qd5+ ke7 (forced) 2. Qb7+ black has 4 moves with his king... if black plays 2.. kf8 he loses the rook to rh8+ if blcak plays 2 ... kf6 rf4 check does the job if he plays ke6 + re4 probably does the job similar stuff for kd6 I sort of stopped calculating here...
3 comments:
after 1... Qd5+ ke7 (forced) 2. Qb7+ black has 4 moves with his king... if black plays 2.. kf8 he loses the rook to rh8+ if blcak plays 2 ... kf6 rf4 check does the job if he plays ke6 + re4 probably does the job similar stuff for kd6 I sort of stopped calculating here...
In this endgame position, White should seize the distant opposition by 1.Kf1!!
Simple! 1.a8(Q) c1(Q) 2.Qg2+ followed by mate on the next move.
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