This was from a game I played online today on Chessmaster. It illustrates the principle of who ever makes the last wrong move often loses. I was white and it was my turn to move.
I made an error and played 1.Bf2?. Fortunately, for me, my opponent was in time trouble and played incorrectly.
Can you find the best continuation for black?
(Hint: It is not 1...Nf5 which was played by black.)
As a bonus, can you figure out what I played after those moves
1.Bf2? Nf5??
For double bonus: What should I have played instead of 1. Bf2?
Wrong move followed by wrong move = Win for White: Quiz for 12/16
This was from a game I played online today on Chessmaster. It illustrates the principle of who ever makes the last wrong move often loses. I was white and it was my turn to move.
I made an error and played 1.Bf2?. Fortunately, for me, my opponent was in time trouble and played incorrectly.
Can you find the best continuation for black?
(Hint: It is not 1...Nf5 which was played by black.)
As a bonus, can you figure out what I played after those moves
1.Bf2? Nf5??
For double bonus: What should I have played instead of 1. Bf2?
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I guess after ...Nf5?, Re1! wins. Since now the queen is overloaded to protect the rook as well as the knight. Hence black has to give up his knight.
ReplyDeleteBut I am still pondering over the chess board to find a solution to the first problem in the quiz as to how to refute Bf2. I can see white is threatening to play Re1 and it needs to be stopped.
I can also see both ...Bxf3 or...Nxf3 looks bad for black. so what is the move?. Ok, I will think over a little more.
Harish,
ReplyDeleteYou are right about the bonus question; after 1. Bf2? Nf5??
2. Re1! wins material.
Keep looking for the right answer after 1. Bf2?. But I promise to give out the answer to this quiz, as I will for all my quizzes, by 48 hours after posting.
As promised here are the answers:
ReplyDeleteThe best continuation for black after 1.Bf2? is Nxg2! With the following 3 best continuations for white
if 2.Kxg2 then Qg4 3.Re1 Qxf3+ (-5)
if 2. Ne4 then Bxe4 3.fxe4 Nf4 (-3)leaving the best white response to be 2. Qd4 then Bxf3 3. Qd3 Bd3 (-2)
All of which as you can see be the negative scores favoring black.
The bonus question of what to play after 1. Bf2? Nf5??
is 2. Re1!
yielding a (+6) score for white as the best now for black is
2...Qc8 3. Nxf5 Rxe1 4.Bxe1
The double bonus is:
instead of 1. Bf2? White's best would have been
1.Bc7 with still a +/= score for white of 0.3.
Yes very nice one. Earlier, I rejected Nxg2 after ...Bf2 as I did not see immediate threats. Reinforces me with the idea of how important it is to calculate as deep as possible in an important position.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the solution