Find a saving move!
03-24-2009
, 08:23 AM
I was not sure where to put this. It is not really a tactical problem, (though of course it's based on it) so I couldn't put it in a tactic thread.. Decided to create a new one.
This game was played a couple years ago. I really needed a win in order to fight for first places in this quite strong Open tournament, so I went all out playing with black. It didn't work out too well, and my opponent took the initiative and, as he admitted after the game, he thought that the resulting position was completely winning for him.. But while calculating the line that led to this position I realized, that there is this witty move that saves black.. Find it!
As you see, black's position looks quite tough. White has a lot of pressure on queen side, it is tough for black to get his queen side pieces in to play, and attack seems to have died. However, there is a move that leads to a perfectly playable position (maybe even a slight edge) for black.
***NOTE***
This is not a forced win. White has a lot of replies after the move made in the game, so do not try to calculate them all. Just try to find a move that improves black's position dramatically. I would rate this as a quite hard one, probably for players of 2100+ or so.. It does not mean that lower rated players cannot try though - give me your best shot!
This game was played a couple years ago. I really needed a win in order to fight for first places in this quite strong Open tournament, so I went all out playing with black. It didn't work out too well, and my opponent took the initiative and, as he admitted after the game, he thought that the resulting position was completely winning for him.. But while calculating the line that led to this position I realized, that there is this witty move that saves black.. Find it!
As you see, black's position looks quite tough. White has a lot of pressure on queen side, it is tough for black to get his queen side pieces in to play, and attack seems to have died. However, there is a move that leads to a perfectly playable position (maybe even a slight edge) for black.
***NOTE***
This is not a forced win. White has a lot of replies after the move made in the game, so do not try to calculate them all. Just try to find a move that improves black's position dramatically. I would rate this as a quite hard one, probably for players of 2100+ or so.. It does not mean that lower rated players cannot try though - give me your best shot!
03-24-2009
, 10:54 AM
03-24-2009
, 11:01 AM
heh this is such a random looking position, how the f did you end up here 
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Last edited by smilingbill; 03-24-2009 at 11:02 AM.
Reason: edit: darn
03-24-2009
, 11:11 AM
Nice try Bill.
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03-24-2009
, 11:39 AM
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I was not sure where to put this. It is not really a tactical problem, (though of course it's based on it) so I couldn't put it in a tactic thread.. Decided to create a new one.
This game was played a couple years ago. I really needed a win in order to fight for first places in this quite strong Open tournament, so I went all out playing with black. It didn't work out too well, and my opponent took the initiative and, as he admitted after the game, he thought that the resulting position was completely winning for him.. But while calculating the line that led to this position I realized, that there is this witty move that saves black.. Find it!
As you see, black's position looks quite tough. White has a lot of pressure on queen side, it is tough for black to get his queen side pieces in to play, and attack seems to have died. However, there is a move that leads to a perfectly playable position (maybe even a slight edge) for black.
***NOTE***
This is not a forced win. White has a lot of replies after the move made in the game, so do not try to calculate them all. Just try to find a move that improves black's position dramatically. I would rate this as a quite hard one, probably for players of 2100+ or so.. It does not mean that lower rated players cannot try though - give me your best shot!
This game was played a couple years ago. I really needed a win in order to fight for first places in this quite strong Open tournament, so I went all out playing with black. It didn't work out too well, and my opponent took the initiative and, as he admitted after the game, he thought that the resulting position was completely winning for him.. But while calculating the line that led to this position I realized, that there is this witty move that saves black.. Find it!
As you see, black's position looks quite tough. White has a lot of pressure on queen side, it is tough for black to get his queen side pieces in to play, and attack seems to have died. However, there is a move that leads to a perfectly playable position (maybe even a slight edge) for black.
***NOTE***
This is not a forced win. White has a lot of replies after the move made in the game, so do not try to calculate them all. Just try to find a move that improves black's position dramatically. I would rate this as a quite hard one, probably for players of 2100+ or so.. It does not mean that lower rated players cannot try though - give me your best shot!
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03-24-2009
, 12:05 PM
03-24-2009
, 12:47 PM
Haha, yeah how did you get here? I'm curious so could you post the moves of the game?
03-24-2009
, 06:33 PM
Here you go 
5.. c4 is what I prepared before the game to get him out of book and try to get some complicated position. Not the best try IMO
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 c4 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bc2
e5 9. b3 Nb6 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. a4 Nh5 12. a5 Nf4 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Ba4 g5 15. g3
Nh3+ 16. Kg2 Bh6 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Qa7 O-O 19. Ba3
5.. c4 is what I prepared before the game to get him out of book and try to get some complicated position. Not the best try IMO 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 c4 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bc2
e5 9. b3 Nb6 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. a4 Nh5 12. a5 Nf4 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Ba4 g5 15. g3
Nh3+ 16. Kg2 Bh6 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Qa7 O-O 19. Ba3
03-24-2009
, 06:51 PM
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, 06:53 PM
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, 08:35 PM
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, 10:34 PM
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, 11:41 PM