Nihai Sarin vs Anish Giri, Chess.com speed championship 2022. White to move and win. Level material, but White has a forced winning line. See if you can calculate it.
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Nihai Sarin vs Anish Giri, Chess.com speed championship 2022. White to move and win. Level material, but White has a forced winning line. See if you can calculate it.
1 Nd6+! Rxd6 2 Re7+ Kg8 3 Re8+ Kg7 4 R1e7+ Kh6 5 Rh8+ Kg5 6 h4 mate. Black can avoid mate by 1...Kg7, but 2 Nxf5+ gxf5 3 Re7+ Rxe7 4 Rxe7+ Kg8 5 Rxb7 is hopeless.
Creeping Queens
Sometimes, especially in closed positions, the queen just can't find a decent central position. She then has to sneak her way to an active placement.
Sometimes, especially in closed positions, the queen just can't find a decent central position. She then has to sneak her way to an active placement.
Why this move? Is the bishop not just as effective on c8? In fact, it retreated there only three moves before in order to avoid being exchanged.
A clumsy move, completely missing Black's reply. As a result Black's concept is an immediate success. 19.Kh1 or 19.Nc3 are better alternatives.
The queen is heading for the a7 -g 1 diagonal where she can exercise her long-distance power. Just as it helps when the third rank is available for a developing rook, here the diagonal is open and available. This maneuver is quite familiar in the King's Indian.
With the previous example in mind, the intentions behind this little move should be obvious now.