Monday, February 09, 2009

White to play and win

This is my round 2 game from the UW Winter Open See comments for the answer

6 comments:

  1. 28. Qxh6! Nxg3 29. Qh4!!
    Ng6 is coming

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  2. The other good move is f6. I didn't find either of the moves but won anyway.

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  3. How about 28. Rg6!
    One line is 28... cxd4 29. Qxh6 dxc3+ 30. Kh1 c2 31. Rf1 and it looks like Black has to give up major material to avoid mate.

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  4. What happens after 28.Qxh6 Nxg3 29.Qh4 Nxf5?
    Like Kevin I'd go for 28.Rg6. It looks like 28...cxd4 29.Qxh6 dxc3+ 31.Kh2! c2 32.Rxg7+! Nxg7 33.Ng6 forces mate.

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  5. if
    29.Qh4 Nxf5
    30.exf5

    30...Bxf5
    31.Nxf7 leads to mate

    30...Rxd4
    31.cxd4 leads to mate

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  6. Hmm, that's deep. From a practical standpoint 28.f6 and 28.Rg6 seem a little easier to find.

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