Queen Sac Position

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Conquistador

So I was playing at my local chess club today and we came upon this position (shame I don't remember the line up to it, but this was just a skittles game so no scoresheets, I was white).  I remember the last moves leading up to the position were 1...Bxc3 2.Rdh2 Be5+ 3.Kb1

mottsauce

ooo, nice!

I think black can force the queen trade though, with Qc4. Then if white tries getting fancy with Qxe5, black has the really excellent Qd3+! Ka1 Rc1+!! Bxc1 and now since f6 isn't covered, the mating net is gone and black just picks up the queen.

you can't just give us a setup like that and not tell us what went down afterwards, though :)

Conquistador

Lol, the thing was that my opponent flagged in this position trying to find a way out.  We ended in this really critical position without a conclusion.

mottsauce

I think that counts as a victory! :D

TBentley

I was looking over this with an engine, and both Qc4 and Bg7 leave black with a slight edge. It's interesting to note that white would be winning if the knight was on a7.

AndyCliffton

Nice

FreeBird9

2...Bd2+, Kxd2, Qc2++

FreeBird9

2... Bd2+, Kb1, Qc1, Rxc1, Rxc1++

FreeBird9

2... Bd2+, Kd1, Qc1++