Beat the Masters 21
April 1988, Position A
White to play
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I want to go Bd4, but this runs into Qg5+. 1. h4 prepares this, and if Qxh4 then Bg6+. I couldn't see how to improve my position against the passive 1. ... Rg8 though. The best I could find was 2. Bd4 Qd6 3. h5 Qg3+ 4. Ng2 Bh3, when all White has is 5. Qg6+ swapping queens, and with a strong pawn on g6 and some pressure against g7. Not convinced by this though, sure there must be something better.
ReplyDeleteHi Adam,
Delete10 points.
I also got to h4 (after quite some time) by seeing that ... Qg5 would be a good reply to 1 Bd4.
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