this is a really instructive puzzle i got from a game with a pretty girl i was teaching how to be a chess t rex.

 

we got to this point and i asked her how black should play to win, and after a few minutes she found the winning continuation! i felt very proud.  see what you think of it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

there are many different move orders you could feasibly play, but i think the one in the puzzle is the best.

I'm not seeing why not 4... Nd2 forking the rooks.

reassessingmychess wrote: I'm not seeing why not 4... Nd2 forking the rooks.

 

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lol, you beat me by a few minutes. I was just going to post that 4... Nd2 forking the rooks would be something to consider. That would leave White with a Rook, Knight and Bishop versus Black's two Rooks and a Bishop.

 

 

However, on second thought, the puzzle's solution puts greater strain on White's mobility. If you fork the Rooks, that spares White's Knight, which can then proceed to annoy Black's doubled pawns, amongst other things. White's Bishop on the central black diagonal will also continue to be very strong. Either line of moves will put White at a material disadvantage, but the puzzle's solution, eliminating both White's bishop and knight, puts white at a greater positional disadvantage than 4... Nd2 would.

Well, it was a big massacre on both sides. Not much logic was required to solve it but still, its a good effort.

nice

easy:-)