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databasepuzzle6: difficulty 90%

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 2:22 pm
by tellymetwise
This position was taken from the Net-Chess database game between:
mluka-cutey
December 11th, 2000

White just played h4.
How can black apply game winning pressure on white's pieces?

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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:07 pm
by keithstuart
tricky this one spent a day studying it

all i can see is playing Qe6 opens the bishop's diagonal up from g7 attacking whites queenside pawn structure behind which the king hides

dont think there is anyother route of attack and/or pressure application

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:23 pm
by tellymetwise
The white King actualy sits in a cheap carton box with a cute lid, if you can find it.

b3 is the portal for a serious mate threath.
And white doesn't have the tempo to secure this portal, except by starting to throw unprotected pieces in the fray.

instead of playing h2-h4, Rb1 would have been enough to bar that entrance in time.