Move 31

Brian-E · 2014-06-14, 11:20

They've played their forced move Rxb8, and at first glance it seems to me that we also have only one reasonable move in reply: 31...Bxc3.

We cannot play 31...Kc7 32.Rxc8+ Nxc8 33.Ne8+ Kb6 34.Nd7+ and 35.Nxg7, nor can we play 31...Be5 32.Nf7+ Kc7 33.Rxc8+ Nxc8 34.Nxe5. So I cannot really see any constructive move for us except 31...Bxc3.

Does anyone see any other move which I've missed?

paulunderwood · 2014-06-14, 13:08

No, I can not see a better move. Bxc3 gets our Bishop out of any forks and it protects the pawn on the a file. Hopefully, we can maneuver our pieces and promote that pawn. :smile:

richs · 2014-06-14, 15:42

We are following the analysis I did in Move 29:

31. Rxb8 Bxc3
32. Nxe6+ Kd7
33. Nxc8 Kxe6
34. Rb6+ Ke5

I put quite a bit of time back then looking at this line and this was the best I could come up with. So I agree Bxc3 is our next move.

Let's see what David thinks.

henryzz · 2014-06-16, 16:55

Definitely Bxc3.
Sorry to take so long. Not had a pc for the last couple of days.

paulunderwood · 2014-06-16, 16:58

Move now? :smile:

henryzz · 2014-06-16, 17:01

[QUOTE=paulunderwood;375968]Move now? :smile:[/QUOTE]
May as well.

2014-06-14, 11:20	#1
Brian-E "Brian" Jul 2007 The Netherlands 7×467 Posts	Move 31 They've played their forced move Rxb8, and at first glance it seems to me that we also have only one reasonable move in reply: 31...Bxc3. We cannot play 31...Kc7 32.Rxc8+ Nxc8 33.Ne8+ Kb6 34.Nd7+ and 35.Nxg7, nor can we play 31...Be5 32.Nf7+ Kc7 33.Rxc8+ Nxc8 34.Nxe5. So I cannot really see any constructive move for us except 31...Bxc3. Does anyone see any other move which I've missed?

2014-06-14, 13:08	#2
paulunderwood Sep 2002 Database er0rr 7233₈ Posts	No, I can not see a better move. Bxc3 gets our Bishop out of any forks and it protects the pawn on the a file. Hopefully, we can maneuver our pieces and promote that pawn. :smile: Last fiddled with by paulunderwood on 2014-06-14 at 13:10

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2014-06-14, 15:42	#3
richs "Rich" Aug 2002 Benicia, California 3²×5×29 Posts	We are following the analysis I did in Move 29: 31. Rxb8 Bxc3 32. Nxe6+ Kd7 33. Nxc8 Kxe6 34. Rb6+ Ke5 I put quite a bit of time back then looking at this line and this was the best I could come up with. So I agree Bxc3 is our next move. Let's see what David thinks.

2014-06-16, 16:55	#4
henryzz Just call me Henry "David" Sep 2007 Cambridge (GMT/BST) 2³×3×5×7² Posts	Definitely Bxc3. Sorry to take so long. Not had a pc for the last couple of days.

2014-06-16, 16:58	#5
paulunderwood Sep 2002 Database er0rr 3,739 Posts	Move now? :smile:

2014-06-16, 17:01	#6
henryzz Just call me Henry "David" Sep 2007 Cambridge (GMT/BST) 2³×3×5×7² Posts	[QUOTE=paulunderwood;375968]Move now? :smile:[/QUOTE] May as well.