jorge@sopuli.xyzM to Chess@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoPuzzle: Black to move and get an advantagesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1imagePuzzle: Black to move and get an advantagesopuli.xyzjorge@sopuli.xyzM to Chess@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
Position from the game Zhongyi Tan vs Aleksandra Goryachkina, Semifinals of the World Cup 2023 Women’s Section
minus-squarejorge@sopuli.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year ago Solution Bb4! If white responds with Rxb4, black can simply promote with a discovered check b1=Q+, and captures the rook on the next move. If white doesn’t take the bishop, black can safely promote the pawn because it is covered by the bishop.
minus-squareputoelquelolea@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI was thinking along the lines of Bxf4. Would that have the same result?
Solution
Bb4!
If white responds with Rxb4, black can simply promote with a discovered check b1=Q+, and captures the rook on the next move.
If white doesn’t take the bishop, black can safely promote the pawn because it is covered by the bishop.
I was thinking along the lines of Bxf4. Would that have the same result?