Unlock Your Genius 10 June 2008 (Problems)

by Mahout, Monday, September 01, 2008, 18:11 (6313 days ago) @ Tony Kosten

As white I see two threats from black: Rb2 attacking the b3 pawn and also (after moving the king to release the pin) Bc6 setting up a double attack on the f2 pawn. Playing Ne4 seems to defend against both these threats as it can be followed with Ne2 should the black rook threaten the c3 pawn.

My first thoughts about what's next from here have been about bringing the white rook back to the third rank with the possibility of swinging it across to the g file later.

I also looked at playing 1.Ne4 Rb2 2.Nf6+ Kg7 3.Ne8+ etc. to see if this can either work out to a draw by repetition or lead to an exchange.. but have not been able to make a proper calculation of this line yet.

As you can probably tell from my text I've yet to find a concrete line that leads to either an advantage or a draw but these are the areas I'm looking at.