Unity Chess Club
Training position Konstantin Sakaev White to move
The black king is in an exceptionally dangerous position, under the fire of the white pieces. The white knight attacks numerous important squares, his queen is ready to penetrate to the eighth rank, he has pressure on the f-file, and the epawn can advance. However, immediate checks or direct attacks lead to nothing. Unfortunately, in the event of the bishop taking the knight on f6, the black queen recaptures with check. Reasoning along these lines, one can appreciate that the white king is poorly placed on b2, and there is a square where he would not be subject to checks:
White’s attack comes to a dead end after 35.Ne6+ Kg8 36.Qb8+ Qe8.
Another false trail is the tempting 35.Re6 Qf5 36.Qxf5 Nxf5 37.Bxf6, because of 37...h6!.
All of Black’s pieces are tied to the defence of something or other, and the only move that does not lose at once is to move out of one pin into another.
Another false trail is the tempting 35.Re6 Qf5 36.Qxf5 Nxf5 37.Bxf6, because of 37...h6!.
All of Black’s pieces are tied to the defence of something or other, and the only move that does not lose at once is to move out of one pin into another.
However, in this case, the winning path for White is already not so difficult:
40.Nd4 Rxd4 41.Bxd4 Qd6+ 42.Qxd6 Nexd6 43.Be5 Ke6 44.Bxd6 Nxd6 45.bxc4 Nxc4+ 46.Kb4
With play on both flanks. The rook easily outplays the knight, and White wins.