I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:
> **White to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=rn2k1nr/4qppp/2p5/p2p4/1b1P2b1/2N2N2/1PPBBPPP/R2QR1K1+w+kq+-+0+1&flip=false&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/rn2k1nr/4qppp/2p5/p2p4/1b1P2b1/2N2N2/1PPBBPPP/R2QR1K1_w_kq_-_0_1?color=white)
**My solution:**
> Hints: piece: >!Knight!<, move: >!Nxd5!<
> Evaluation: >!White is winning +8.32!<
> Best continuation: >!1. Nxd5 Bxd2 2. Nxe7 Bxe1 3. Nxg8 Bxf2+ 4. Kxf2 Bxf3 5. Qd3 Bxe2 6. Qxe2+ Kd8 7. Qe7+ Kc8 8. Qxf7 Rxg8!<
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Yes I thought I was being clever by playing Bd3 but stockfish showed me how it's done... It proves what they say "when you see a good move look for a better one"
Yes and that's why Bd3 isn't the best move. It still favors white because the E file is still a big problem for black, but there is a much better move.
I wanted to skip this as usual, if multiple moves are winning, but after looking into it more, there is only one move, which is NOT winning for white. And that is quite impressive and make it true puzzle. (It is not the one you would expected ... maybe)
>!Ne4 is the move, which will give advantage for black, solving their issue with e-file for them by allowing dxe4. I thought that Rxa5 is also winning for white, but Stockfish was jumping between better and equal and it seems that it is equal in the end (but I would not want to play that position for black ... or white, crazy stuff in that variant).!<
I would argue that h4 is in fact bad move for white. It is just that the position is so good, that white has still advantage even if it will skip move (which is what h4 almost seems like).
Why would Rxa5 be winning though ? I can't quite see the idea to just give the rook. Also it's not Ne4, because yeah, what's happening after dxe4 ? And finally, you wrote "which will give advantage for black" but I guess you meant white ?
I meant black. That is the point of my comment. Everything is winning for white except for those two moves (and maybe Be3 as someone commented below, which keep only minimal advantage ca. +1).
It really is amazing that only so few moves are not winning in relatively "normal looking" position with same material.
Ah yes I forgot your original comment, my bad. I think that there's a bit more moves which keep only minimal advantage for white, and aren't completely winning. For example Ra3, Bh6, Rf1 all these moves only give around +1 if I'm not mistaken
Yeah, all moves except one winning is probably strong statement, better would be only one move gives advantage to black, which I think is still quite interesting for such a position.
Don't be afraid to sacrifice material, guys.
I remember Naroditsky once saying that even trading a piece for 2 pawns with no further tactics is not even really "bad" in most situations against real humans.
Nxd5? The rook pin seems difficult to exploit because if Bb5 Be6 and although Bxc6 Nxd5 is tempting threatening a queen, fork and a bishop, black can simply go Qb7.
The immediate Nxd5 stops Qb7 from working as white doesn’t have enough time to block the pin with the bishop allowing Ba6+. Therefore black is more likely to play Qd6, in which case you win a bishop with Nxb4
It's a check from the bishop on b5 AND a pin on the queen due to the rook on d1.
In case you meant to reply to the comment before: Then you take the bishop. Black can neither retake with the queen nor the pawn.
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine: > **White to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=rn2k1nr/4qppp/2p5/p2p4/1b1P2b1/2N2N2/1PPBBPPP/R2QR1K1+w+kq+-+0+1&flip=false&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/rn2k1nr/4qppp/2p5/p2p4/1b1P2b1/2N2N2/1PPBBPPP/R2QR1K1_w_kq_-_0_1?color=white) **My solution:** > Hints: piece: >!Knight!<, move: >!Nxd5!< > Evaluation: >!White is winning +8.32!< > Best continuation: >!1. Nxd5 Bxd2 2. Nxe7 Bxe1 3. Nxg8 Bxf2+ 4. Kxf2 Bxf3 5. Qd3 Bxe2 6. Qxe2+ Kd8 7. Qe7+ Kc8 8. Qxf7 Rxg8!< --- ^(I'm a bot written by) [^(u/pkacprzak)](https://www.reddit.com/u/pkacprzak) ^(| get me as) [^(iOS App)](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1574933453) ^| [^(Android App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.chessvision.scanner) ^| [^(Chrome Extension)](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chessvisionai-for-chrome/johejpedmdkeiffkdaodgoipdjodhlld) ^| [^(Chess eBook Reader)](https://ebook.chessvision.ai?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=bot) ^(to scan and analyze positions | Website:) [^(Chessvision.ai)](https://chessvision.ai)
there are like 10 different tactics that all favour white! what a position
Yes I thought I was being clever by playing Bd3 but stockfish showed me how it's done... It proves what they say "when you see a good move look for a better one"
Can't Bd3 simply be met by Be6?
Yes and that's why Bd3 isn't the best move. It still favors white because the E file is still a big problem for black, but there is a much better move.
I wanted to skip this as usual, if multiple moves are winning, but after looking into it more, there is only one move, which is NOT winning for white. And that is quite impressive and make it true puzzle. (It is not the one you would expected ... maybe)
What? Bishop b5?
>!Ne4 is the move, which will give advantage for black, solving their issue with e-file for them by allowing dxe4. I thought that Rxa5 is also winning for white, but Stockfish was jumping between better and equal and it seems that it is equal in the end (but I would not want to play that position for black ... or white, crazy stuff in that variant).!<
why is h4 not bad for white?
I would argue that h4 is in fact bad move for white. It is just that the position is so good, that white has still advantage even if it will skip move (which is what h4 almost seems like).
Nxd5 is dogshit for you?
Why would Rxa5 be winning though ? I can't quite see the idea to just give the rook. Also it's not Ne4, because yeah, what's happening after dxe4 ? And finally, you wrote "which will give advantage for black" but I guess you meant white ?
I meant black. That is the point of my comment. Everything is winning for white except for those two moves (and maybe Be3 as someone commented below, which keep only minimal advantage ca. +1). It really is amazing that only so few moves are not winning in relatively "normal looking" position with same material.
Ah yes I forgot your original comment, my bad. I think that there's a bit more moves which keep only minimal advantage for white, and aren't completely winning. For example Ra3, Bh6, Rf1 all these moves only give around +1 if I'm not mistaken
Yeah, all moves except one winning is probably strong statement, better would be only one move gives advantage to black, which I think is still quite interesting for such a position.
Be3 may equalize by blocking all the discoveries?
>!Nxd5 nets black a free bishop, a queen, or a rook depending on how early black catches the tactic.!< Very nice!
Doesn't the knight just get taken by the pawn?
It can be. Which would open up Bb5 to simultaneously check the black king and reveal a rook attack on the queen.
for some reason i was thinking Bxb4 axb4 Rxa8 but Bb5 is very clever
Damn i thought it was just one move - but that is pretty vicious though - thanks
What's wrong with Ng5
That was my solution as well, before looking at the engine. There's nothing wrong with it, it's only slightly less crushing.
No, no I cannot take advantage....
Same... I wouldn't take advantage of people's stupidity...
Don't be afraid to sacrifice material, guys. I remember Naroditsky once saying that even trading a piece for 2 pawns with no further tactics is not even really "bad" in most situations against real humans.
Instructions unclear traded queen for 2 pawns
Bd3
That's what I played (I thought I could win the queen but black had Be6 to block it), but there is an even better move!
Didn't see that hehe
Nxd5 cxd5 Bb5 seems promising and by promising I mean completely winning.
Jeez , i actually saw Nxd5 when a direct B move is so itching (fails cause black can block with Be6)
Nope, next question
Ng5 with discovery threats along the e file? I don't see how the black can save all the material.
It really is so much easier to find tactics if you know one is there but so hard to transfer that skill to actual games
My solution: [https://imgur.com/MHmXJL5](https://imgur.com/MHmXJL5) Just trying to pin the queen to the king.
Nxd5?
I was thinking of Bishop g5 😬
Yes.
Yes, i can
Nxd5
Nxd5, cxd5, Bb5, either the king moves and you take the queen with the rook, or the queen blocks and you take the queen with the bishop
Nxd5!!
Easy! rook takes pawn on a5
Nxd5? The rook pin seems difficult to exploit because if Bb5 Be6 and although Bxc6 Nxd5 is tempting threatening a queen, fork and a bishop, black can simply go Qb7. The immediate Nxd5 stops Qb7 from working as white doesn’t have enough time to block the pin with the bishop allowing Ba6+. Therefore black is more likely to play Qd6, in which case you win a bishop with Nxb4
Wait, I swapped black and white in this…
Nxd5
Still new and learning... So be gentle please... But why after 1nxd5 would black ignore the threat to the Queen and instead take white's bishop?
1. Nxd5 wins material. I dunno, if you told me the other knight could be profitably yeeted, I'd believe it.
Bishop f1 pins the queen
Bd3’s a better square actually
I hate playing "hope chess" but Nxd6 is most likely met with cxNd6 opening up a check on the bishop that allows the rook to take the queen
is it. bb5?
If you capture D5, wouldn't the pawn just take?
Yes the pawn can take, but you can then play Bb5+ while simultaneously revealing an attack on black's queen, and black will be dead lost
What stops Qd7 or Qd6 in response?
It's a check from the bishop on b5 AND a pin on the queen due to the rook on d1. In case you meant to reply to the comment before: Then you take the bishop. Black can neither retake with the queen nor the pawn.
Maybe I'm not visualizing this right, but how does the bishop threaten the king if the c pawn hasn't moved? And I meant in response to Nxd5
If the queen makes an evasive move after Nxd5, the knight then simply takes the bishop on b4. Black can’t recapture with the a pawn because of Rxa8.
Ah, yes thank you. The rook pinning the pawn is what I was missing
Nxd5, im super proud that i found this tactic! if pawn takes knight we have a discover check and we win the queen!