The following position below is taken from a game between the legendary Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov, considered by many to be the greatest ever chess player in the world, and his trainer Aleksander Nikitin in Moscow in 1981.
The position above (black to move) developed after 39 moves in the game that started off with the B44 Paulsen Variation of Sicilian Defense. Analyze the position carefully and try to figure out the next move by black which would leave his opponent in a pretty hopeless position. Lets see how many of you can spot it!
The position above (black to move) developed after 39 moves in the game that started off with the B44 Paulsen Variation of Sicilian Defense. Analyze the position carefully and try to figure out the next move by black which would leave his opponent in a pretty hopeless position. Lets see how many of you can spot it!
Is it 1. .. Re2 ? Seems to me White can't save queen. It can go for example-
ReplyDelete2. Qxe2 Qxh2
3. Nxh2 Ng3#
Basically for white something must be protecting g3 after black queen takes out the pawn at h2. If Black moves rook to e2, White queen can't attack g3 from any safe square.
CORRECT!
DeleteIn fact, in order to neutralize the threat of checkmate, white must give up his queen by capturing the black knight at f3; otherwise, black can force a mate by following precisely the sequence that you described.
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