I was going to do a long-winded analysis, but long story short, every time I think of something, I think of a way Black could get out of it.
Puzzle for beginners!
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The winning move, obviously, is Qxa7. If you don't understand this, you are indeed a beginner.
This is too beginner puzzle. Bb5 is really easy move
ChessSakura wrote:
This is too beginner puzzle. Bb5 is really easy move
I get that you pin the Queen to the King that way and leave the Queen to go where you want, but I don't see where to go from there.
Is it Queen to C6 or Bishop to B5?
Both attack Black's Queen but are also susceptible to capture...
Swap ktp
Lurking_Garbage wrote:
Is it Queen to C6 or Bishop to C5?
Both attack Black's Queen but are also susceptible to capture...
If she hadn't said to win, I would do those moves in reverse order. I don't know how to get to checkmate from there, although you can trade the bishop for the Queen.
Move and win is different from move and mate. Picking up significant material is enough to win even if any realistic mate is 20 moves downstream.
That makes this a legitimate beginners puzzle.
So let’s say white plays Bb5, and black responds by playing a6 to pressure the b5 square. White plays Qxe4+, and the king moves since the queen is pinned. White wins the queen at the cost of a bishop, right?
The move order is 1.Bb5, QxB, 2.QxQ Bd7 resulting in Black losing the exchange Queen for Bishop. This way, if Black wants to continue a hopeless battle, they maintain their pawn structure and Castling rights.
Yeah I’m here for Gambito de dama
I think you'll find the Queen's Gambit is reference to the Queen's Bishop's pawn, here the gambit is the recently named Botez Gambit after WFM Alexandra Botez's blitz play on chess.com
Bishop to b5? I guess.
The King and Queen are on the same diagonal! So, Bfb5! That wins the no mater what Black does!
Then White will most likely win!
ShaanThebest wrote:
Bishop to b5? I guess.
Yes! You are right!
Made_in_Shoreditch wrote:
The move order is 1.Bb5, QxB, 2.QxQ Bd7 resulting in Black losing the exchange Queen for Bishop. This way, if Black wants to continue a hopeless battle, they maintain their pawn structure and Castling rights.
If 1 Bb5 QxB then 2 QxQ Bd7 3 Qxb7 Rc1 4 Qxe4+
Better for Black (albeit still losing) is 1 Bb5 Bd7 2 BxQ BxB and now b7 and e4 are defended while forcing the White queen to move.
If Black plays Qxb5 then the best follow-up to QxQ+ is not Bd7, but rather c6 (still loses the e-pawn after Qe5+ but at least the queen side pawn structure remains intact.
jetoba wrote:
Made_in_Shoreditch wrote:
The move order is 1.Bb5, QxB, 2.QxQ Bd7 resulting in Black losing the exchange Queen for Bishop. This way, if Black wants to continue a hopeless battle, they maintain their pawn structure and Castling rights.
If 1 Bb5 QxB then 2 QxQ Bd7 3 Qxb7 Rc1 4 Qxe4+
Better for Black (albeit still losing) is 1 Bb5 Bd7 2 BxQ BxB and now b7 and e4 are defended while forcing the White queen to move.
Woooo! That's a good mind of yours!
My name is Lauren Goodkind and I'm a chess coach and chess book author based in California: www.ChessByLauren.com. In this puzzle, it's white to move to win. So, what is white's best move here? This position was taken from a recent chess game that I recently played.