Wednesday 22 May 2019

Chess Solution no 1

40. ...  Bb4!

At which point white resigned because of:

41. Qxd8  Qxd8
 
This is apparently the least worst option for white.

There are other possibilities for white but analysis says they are even worse e.g.

41. Qb6   Rxd5

or

41. Qxa6  Rxd5

etc.

Other good moves for black would have been:

40. ...  Bf7

or

40. ...  Qd6

However, neither of these moves was actually played and they may not have resulted in resignation. Analysis says they are not quite as strong as the move which black chose.