Well it's gotta be 1. Bxf7+, right? Then 1...Kxf7 2. Qc4+ and if 2...Be6 3. Ng5+, if 2...Kf8 3. Ng5, and if 2...Kg6 3. Nh4+ probably leads to mate. 2. Ng5+ Kg6 seemed less clear to me, though probably also still good for White.
yeah Ev you got the key point — great find, Gusonian. Black is basically doomed if they take the bishop. the full line with optimal play by Black actually ends in a smothered mate... if I ever pulled off something like this over the board, I could probably consider my chess career a success
I'm glad to see such a positive outlook! Good luck on winning and growing your confidence in the future. I'd recommend trying to play more tournaments (just club ones if possible), just trying to get more varied opponents and rating levels (one of the problems with just playing a few people over and over is that you start to lose confidence when playing new people!). Also, check out this article: https://open.substack.com/pub/ambush/p/becoming-a-merciless-rakshasa?r=28ewo2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false - seems a little weird at first, but just building up a confidence in yourself through a kind of persona has helped me a lot.
Well it's gotta be 1. Bxf7+, right? Then 1...Kxf7 2. Qc4+ and if 2...Be6 3. Ng5+, if 2...Kf8 3. Ng5, and if 2...Kg6 3. Nh4+ probably leads to mate. 2. Ng5+ Kg6 seemed less clear to me, though probably also still good for White.
It took me a while to see a slightly better solution - 2...Be6 3.Qxe6!! (your move also wins, of course) Kxe6 4.Ng5#. Pretty cool stuff.
Noice!!
yeah Ev you got the key point — great find, Gusonian. Black is basically doomed if they take the bishop. the full line with optimal play by Black actually ends in a smothered mate... if I ever pulled off something like this over the board, I could probably consider my chess career a success
1.Bxf7+ Kxf7 2.Qc4+ Nd5 3.Qd5+ Be6 4.Ng5+ Kg8 5.Qe6+ Kh8 6.Nf7+ Kg8 7.Nh6+ Kh8 8.Qg8+ Rxg8 9.Nf7#
I'm glad to see such a positive outlook! Good luck on winning and growing your confidence in the future. I'd recommend trying to play more tournaments (just club ones if possible), just trying to get more varied opponents and rating levels (one of the problems with just playing a few people over and over is that you start to lose confidence when playing new people!). Also, check out this article: https://open.substack.com/pub/ambush/p/becoming-a-merciless-rakshasa?r=28ewo2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false - seems a little weird at first, but just building up a confidence in yourself through a kind of persona has helped me a lot.