You and galdur may be right. We should look at the Rc8 variation more to keep the queens on the board. My original plan can be our backup. We have another move to think about it before we have to choose Rc8 or Re8


I agree with the philosophy of always trying to find the best move.

31.Qxf6 Bg2+
32.Kg1 wins for white

You have a good idea but unfortunately white does not need to accept the bishop sacrifice on g2

If 32.Kxg2 we would win with Re2+
33.Kf1 Qh3+
34.Kg1 Qxh2+
35.Kf1 Qf2++

Your 31..Rc8 idea is indeed another clever option taking advantage of the same back rank threats at  31..Re8.

Since 31..Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.Bc4 would also win a pawn for white I feel like we might be better off trading queens but maybe things are not so clear. I feel like our king is more vulnerable than his since we have a pawn on g5 with the queen on the board.  I should look at the position with the queens on the board more carefully. It sounds like we agree on our current move. If White plays 31.Rc6 as we suspect we can discuss this again.

29.Rc1 essentially ended our attack and we are now headed for an endgame. Our winning chances are over but I think we have excellent chances to draw even after losing a pawn. Here is the best I can see for both sides. Most of the moves below look forced to me. After we play Qg6 our threat of Re8 followed by Re2 is pretty serious.  I cannot find any good options for our opponent besides 31.Rc6.

30.Qxe5 Qg6
31.Rc6 Re8
32.Qxe8+ Nxe8
33.Rxg6+ hxg6

Both 34.Bc4 and 34.g4 should give white a small advantage but I think we have excellent chances to draw. I cannot see any other options for us that do not lose on the spot.

Qg6: 4 votes (ING Bank, galdur, LucyLovesCrypto, languagehasmeaning)

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Rc3+

That is a very interesting idea but I think white can defend with 31.Rd1 and retain a winning material advantage.

31.Rd1 Bc3 32.Qe3 followed by 33.Ne4 should be winning for white

Bd6: 4 votes (XMRpromotions, galdur, ING Bank, languagehasmeaning)
Bd4: 1 vote (Rolf Uhlhorn)

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Bh3: 3 votes (hermesesus, galdur, languagehasmeaning)

This move should win 100% of all votes because there are no sane alternatives.

Some of you might like the article quoted below. I also posted it in another thread in response to a question.


I know I already answered this question, but here is an answer from someone whose opinion will hold much more weight. World Champion Magnus Carlsen:
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/16/sport/magnus-carlsen-chess-world-number-one/index.html

    #AskMagnus How many moves you see ahead of time and how often? overall and your record..?
    — Daniel Pittaluga (@DaniPittaluga) December 3, 2015

MC: "Most of the time the variations that are most relevant are four or five moves ahead, because for the next four or five moves you can calculate every reasonable possibility.

But if it goes much further the possibilities are too diverse and it's just too time-consuming. And also the probability of mistakes are very high.

But if the position is simple, then I can calculate as many moves as I want."

I know I already answered this question, but here is an answer from someone whose opinion will hold much more weight. World Champion Magnus Carlsen:
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/16/sport/magnus-carlsen-chess-world-number-one/index.html

    #AskMagnus How many moves you see ahead of time and how often? overall and your record..?
    — Daniel Pittaluga (@DaniPittaluga) December 3, 2015

MC: "Most of the time the variations that are most relevant are four or five moves ahead, because for the next four or five moves you can calculate every reasonable possibility.

But if it goes much further the possibilities are too diverse and it's just too time-consuming. And also the probability of mistakes are very high.

But if the position is simple, then I can calculate as many moves as I want."

You are doing just fine. It is a complicated position. Our opponent seemingly is making things more complicated on purpose for example choosing (for example) 18.a4 instead of 18.Re1 and 22.Nd2 instead of 22.d5.

You posted before I could. I stand by my original comment. g4 is a great idea but does not work in the current position.

I would be very surprised if white forced the draw this early. Your second guess is correct. I voted for Rd8 as the most popular alternative to g4 because I think g4 is a very bad move for the tactical reasons I explained.  

I really wished I had seen all these variations a few moves ago so I could have presented concrete reasons to vote for Rae8 instead of Rfe8 other than my "intuition" about which rook we should move.

What other move would you make after g4 27.Re5?

I did not see all this at the time but if we had played Rae8 like I suggested instead of Rfe8 then g4 would be very strong for us here (because Rxf7 would be possible for us on move 28 below). White may have played differently if we had, so no regrets.

For anyone that does not want to allow the forced perpetual check line below I recommend voting for Bg6 instead. g4 fails in the current position to 27.Re5 Bd4 28.Bxf7+ Kxf7 29.fxg4 Qxg4 30.Rxf5



2 votes g4 (Rolf Uhlhorn, funnyman21)
3 votes Rd8 (XMRpromotions, galdur, languagehasmeaning)