cool thanks!
"15...d5 16.Qxd5 loses less quickly." Looks like black wins...
please explain. White can swing a rook to attack the king after Re1, etc. remember the Bc8 is undeveloped, so coordination with the rooks is difficult. I still believe that white has a winning position.
It's too slow. Black is up a piece. The bishop can probably even be developed with tempo against the white queen, connecting the rooks at the same time. White is down a piece and has no checkmate. Qxc2, or Qf4 both look fine for black.
15. ...Qc2?? 16. Rc2! and black can not stop the rook from swinging to g3 without losing his queen.
Qf4 is unclear.
no, 16...Qxc2 or Qf4. Qxc2 being the better of the two.
15..Qd7 with a plan to stop mate threat with Qg4 or play Qf5 attacking both queen and bishop, if White makes a slower move - looks winning for Black.
I do not see any way for White to justify this tactical shot after that.
15.d5 still loses, but not because of Qxd5 - that would be a mistake. After d5, White still has a possibility to keep the mate threat up by playing 15..Qd2, targeting g5.
I guess after 15...Qd7 I will try 16. Re1, but I have not analyzed this thoroughly. thanks for the comment though.
18.. Qxf6
I'm sorry, but I must disagree with you here shuttle. White doesn't win here in the final position you show. I would just take the bishop. Then when rook checks I block with queen. Yes Black loses queen, but look at the material loss it has taken to win her.
Perhaps white can force draw, but it is not a won position by any means.
Why bother blocking with a queen if you can play Kh8?
Yeah, white doesn't win. The bishop is hanging and with that gone black's king is given room to move.
I didn't see that the king could move to h8.
geez don't get all mad at me! I"m just a human =( I"m not as good as a computer.
King can't go to h8 in the diag above, just play h6 the Rg3+ Kh7
True. I guess I was just making a point...but Kh8 is winning for black...NicE
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