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[-] ck_@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

No clue to be honest. I mean, you either move the Knight and loose the Bishop or the other way round. There are no immediate forks on the board and I see no stalemate tricks either.

You can of course play for Knight forks, but with the king being so far away from the pieces, that would be pushing it as a defensive resource.

[-] ck_@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

So you end up with Rook and Bishop vs Knight or Rook and Bishop vs Bishop, both of which should be winning. I can of course imagine myself drawing those by screwing up the 50 moves, but that's about it.

[-] Bonifratz@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

After 4...Nc6 5. Bxd8 Black has a nifty intermediate move which is still losing but makes things a bit less simple.

[-] ck_@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Are you referring to Kg7 Re8 ... ?

I mean anything other than Re8 is a one move blunder, so should be easy enough to see, but yeah, Rook vs Knight is unclear.

[-] Bonifratz@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

So 5. Bxd8 Kg7 6. Re8 what do you play after ...Kf7? By the way R vs K is a technical draw (so not the solution here, even if difficult to defend for Black).

[-] ck_@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Rook vs Knight is a draw, but Kf7 Rh8 Kg7 Bf6+ Kxf6 Rh6 picks up the Knight if you want to go for that trick

[-] Bonifratz@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Perfect, you found the entire solution!

[-] ck_@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago
[-] ck_@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Full disclaimer, I did have to put it on the (analog) board in the end to find Bf6+ ๐Ÿ˜“

[-] Bonifratz@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Nothing wrong with that. :)

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