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I played it on my phone against a computer. The app is on Windows phone and called "The Chess", this is a game against the computer set to level 15. I paused the game here and made this post to get some advice about thinking through these moves.
Bd7 seems to be the only viable move. Even that loses to c4 as that N as no place to go.
Aug 10, 2013
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bxd5 if white takes the knight play c6 and white has to give up the bishop to save the rook.
Well, I'm not sure what "I" would do here, but I know what Stockfish would do.
I fed it this position and asked it to evaluate it. After a few minutes of thought, the best move is 1...Nxd5 and Black has just a slight edge:
29 [-0.42] 1. ... Nxd5 2. Bxb5+ c6 3. c4 Nb6 4. Ba4 Nxc4 5. Bb3 f6 6. Nfd2 Qa5 7. Nc3 b5 8. Nxc4 bxc4 9. Ba4 Rc8 10. Bd2 d5 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. Bc3 Kf7 13. Rf1 Kg8 14. Rb2 (152.38)
No, 2.c4 doesn't fork black's knights. You're not looking deep enough. 2.c4 loses outright to 2...Ndc3 3.Qc2 and then 3...Nxa2. Black would have an overwheming advantage if White played 2.c4:
29 [-4.52] 2. ... Ndc3 3. Qc2 Nxa2 4. Qxa2 c6 5. Qb2 Nc7 6. Qxb7 Bd7 7. Nc3 Ne6 8. Qb1 Nc5 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. h4 f6 12. Kf1 Kf7 13. g3 Qb6 14. Nd2 g6 15. Kg2 f5 16. Na4 (65.33)
In your case you should play the only reasonable move Nxd5. If he responds c4 then you play the inferior Ndc3! and win the game. His only move is in this case Bxb5+, you reply with c6 and White is in trouble if not played correctly. For example Be2 Sxe3 Bxe3 Bxa2... Black has a lot of tactical play here and should win...
I'll preface this with saying that I'm a beginner. In response to 7.e3 I played ...Bd7 to protect my knight. White responded with 8.Ra2 (seems odd), I followed with ...Be6 to pressure the rook. White then played 9.d5, what would be black's best response? If black plays ...Nxd5 10.c4 forks black's knights. Playing ...Bxd5 seems better because it attacks the rook but sets up the same 10.c4 fork and black would lose the trade of ...Bxc4 11.Bxc4. What would you do here?