First diagram of the year :) Wednesday Quiz

3 Responses to First diagram of the year :) Wednesday Quiz

1. Yuichi Sato says:

   January 1, 2014 at 21:38

   1.Be5 Nxe5 ( or 1. …Qe7, Qf5, or Qg6 2.Bxh8 ＋－ ) 2.dxe5
   (a) 2. …Qf4 3.Bb5+ Rd7 ( 3. …Ke7?? 4.Qb7+ Rd7 5.Qxd7# ) 4.Bxd7+
   (a1) 4. …Ke7 or Kd8 5.Qxf4 gxf4 6.O-O-O ＋－
   (a2) 4. …Kxd7 5.Qb7+
   (a2) ① 5. …Kd8 6.Rd1+ Qd4 ( 6. …Ke8?? 7.Qd7#, or 6. …Bd6?? 7.Rxd6+ Ke8 8.Qc8+ Ke7 9.Qd7# ) 7.Rxd4+ cxd4 8.Qxa7 d3 9.Qd4+ Kc7, Kc8, Ke7, or Ke8 10.Qxd3 ＋－
   (a2) ② 5. …Ke8 6.Rd1
   (a2) ② ① 6. …Bd6 ( , 6. …Be7?? 7.Qc8+ Bd8 8.Qxd8#, or 6. …Bg7 7.Qd7+ Kf8 8.Qd8# ) 7.Qc8+ Ke7 8.exd6+ Kf6 9.Qxh8+ ＋－
   (a2) ② ② 6. …Qd4 7.Rxd4 cxd4 8.Qc8+ Ke7 9.Qc5+ Ke8 10.Qxd4 ＋－
   (a3) 2. …Qe7 3.Bb5+ Rd7 4.Qa8+ Qd8 5.Bxd7+ Ke7 ( 5. …Kxd7? 6.O-O-O+ Kc7 7.Qxd8+ and White wins. ) 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.O-O-O ＋－
2. Yuichi Sato says:

   January 2, 2014 at 06:31

   P.S. I would like to call the last line not the (a3) variation but the (b) variation.
3. yelenadembo says:

   January 2, 2014 at 08:03

   Very good!