11-11-2013, 05:26 PM
WBuchanan Wrote:What happens if W takes the B after Reb8 - Rxb2 Qe5? Something brilliant like Bg7 or Ba3 perhaps, but these don't seem to work. Maybe Qxd3 was a sparkler
I had first thought... If whites reply to Reb8 is QxB, Rxb2 has black threatening mate in one (as Rb1+ is a double check). But white can stop that line progressing with Qe5.
If before even thinking of Rxb2, the play goes Reb8, QxB, Bg7 (to increase the pins and pressure on b2) what is whites reply? If the reply is still Qe5 black might play Qf7? Then white plays Qd6 perhaps and it is fizzling out for black.