Beautiful final position.
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Looks to me like Black is fine after 26. ...Bxe5, but I could be wrong.
tyzebug wrote:
Looks to me like Black is fine after 26. ...Bxe5, but I could be wrong.
26...Bxe5 27. fxe5+ Qxe5 (27...Kxe5 Re1+ wins the queen) 28. Qxb4#.
It looks solid to me.
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You guys are missing the point. It is a forced mate in every variation. More than winning a queen is important here. You guys ar
Show me a move that gets out of mate. And I will show you why it doesn't. I dare ya to prove me wrong. :)
Mind you in a few variations the queen needs to be taken but look further. The mate comes like a storm.
he's right. this is the longest way to prolong mate;
Sorry but Qxe5 loses to Qxb4!
Also after Kxe5 we have an even better move than Re1 in Qe2+! keeping the king in the center.
And e6 is the way to prolong mate for 8 moves by giving the king a flight square which it currently lacks.
Amanultra wrote:
Also after Kxe5 we have an even better move than Re1 in Qe2+! keeping the king in the center.
And mating faster. This situation arises in the Bxe5 line as well.
amazing!!
My phone won't allow me to post a diagram. I would appreciate it if someone else would. This is an interesting game with an amazing ending. [White "Athens huff"] [Black "Quayle, johnson"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bd7 9. Be3 Qc8 10. Kh2 a6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Ng1 Qc7 13. f4 O-O-O 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. c4 b5 17. Rac1 b4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. d4 Rdg8 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne1 g5 23. Nd3 Qd4 24. c5 Kc7 25. cxd6+ Kxd6 (here I gave the position twenty minutes of thought. This move simply cannot be right. I had to find a way to put the noose on blacks neck. After triple checking I finally announced mate in 8 with) 26.Ne5!!! My opponent looked for the way out for ten minutes and resigned.