I'm involved in a wonderful tricky corres battle at the moment
where me and my opponent are moving within a few minutes of
each other.
So have not given this 100% but think
Rh7 Rxb2+
Bxb2 axb2
Rxg7+ Kxg7
Bf5+ (to cover flight square d7)
and that's a perpetual. (I'll take it )
When positon arose would then see if after Kxb2 White
can ride out the checks.
You're both on the right trail, but don't settle for anything less than a clear win!
I spent ages on Rh8+ (which is a howler) because I knew this position was 'White to play and win'. My younger brother Walter had phoned me a few months previously and described a horrible loss as black where he had wandered into this exact position-so I knew there was a forced win, but just couldn't see it (or remember it!).
Originally posted by greenpawn34adter Rxb2 maybe even Ka1(instead of Bxb2)...
I'm involved in a wonderful tricky corres battle at the moment
where me and my opponent are moving within a few minutes of
each other.
So have not given this 100% but think
Rh7 Rxb2+
Bxb2 axb2
Rxg7+ Kxg7
Bf5+ (to cover flight square d7)
and that's a perpetual. (I'll take it )
When positon arose would then see if after Kxb2 White
can ride out the checks.
Originally posted by vipiu...is a killer! Not so easy to spot from the initial position, but since I knew there was win there I really ought to have found it 😳
Bxf7...
And she's married Greenspawn!! Married women don't like being chatted up by chessplayers...trust me on that one 😉
See it now - Bxf7 is the move instead of Rxg7.
All this nonsense has screwed me up - I've gone and
missed a backward Knight move in my game. But by a complete
lucky fluke I think I'm still OK.
(which most likely means I'm lost).
"And she's married Greenspawn..."
In that case I would have stayed away and gone for the win.
(I would have phoned Walter)
That was an ambition of mine once.
To marry a pretty chess-playing girl.
(I ended up marrying the complete opposite...don't tell her I wrote this).