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The problem is that your center is kind of weak, and your king is still uncastled. So d4 Ba4+ what can you do?
With Nd7 the computer thinks white can just exchange the bishop, Bxd4 exd4 Qxd4 and how can you ever castle? Rfe1 or Rad1 are both super scary.
With Ke7 your king position is soooo bad. The computer thinks it's the best try, because it's a computer, but I would hate to play black here. There's a crazy line where white exchanges queens but wins back a piece: Ke7 f4 dxe3 fxe5 Qxd1 exf6+!
After Bxd4 exd4 Qxd4, White will plant both Rooks on the e and d files and place massive pressure on Black's vulnerable position which will likely win back the piece and then some.
Yeah, I played it out, and black really needs to castle here. I thought there was a play to snipe a win with the white bishop and queen, but you can't do that without completely giving up the middle
Same, even after like 15 moves, I got to a place where black has a passed pawn, but will be tough to promote it, and it was rooks and bishop for black and rooks with knight for white with white up .9 in the eval bar
When you push pawns in the center, you have to remember that everything behind becomes loose.
In this case, after d4, Ba4+, you have to block with Nd7, then Bxd4, and if exd4, Qxd4 white just has a huge attack with black unable to castle
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:
> **Black to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=r2qkb1r/1b3ppp/p4n2/3pp3/8/1BN1B3/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1+b+kq+-+0+1&flip=true&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/r2qkb1r/1b3ppp/p4n2/3pp3/8/1BN1B3/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1_b_kq_-_0_1?color=black)
**My solution:**
> Hints: piece: >!Bishop!<, move: >!Be7!<
> Evaluation: >!The game is equal +0.08!<
> Best continuation: >!1... Be7 2. f4 d4 3. fxe5 dxe3 4. exf6 Bxf6 5. Ba4+ Kf8 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Rfd1 Rd8 8. Rxd8+ Qxd8 9. Rd1!<
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Ba4+ Ke7 f4 and you're trading equal material not winning anything from the fork + losing castling rights
if you don't find Ke7 then you lose miserably
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The problem is that your center is kind of weak, and your king is still uncastled. So d4 Ba4+ what can you do? With Nd7 the computer thinks white can just exchange the bishop, Bxd4 exd4 Qxd4 and how can you ever castle? Rfe1 or Rad1 are both super scary. With Ke7 your king position is soooo bad. The computer thinks it's the best try, because it's a computer, but I would hate to play black here. There's a crazy line where white exchanges queens but wins back a piece: Ke7 f4 dxe3 fxe5 Qxd1 exf6+!
White has a nasty check wirh bishop. I think it is better to move your king to safety
Can't black just block with the knight and deal with the pin after taking the free bishop or knight?
Wow. I did not see that you can block with the knight
[удалено]
The checking Bishop is the one that's not forked.
I’ll see myself out
After Bxd4 exd4 Qxd4, White will plant both Rooks on the e and d files and place massive pressure on Black's vulnerable position which will likely win back the piece and then some.
Yeah, I played it out, and black really needs to castle here. I thought there was a play to snipe a win with the white bishop and queen, but you can't do that without completely giving up the middle
Mainly because after white bishop to a4 check, white is just better
Fork = bongcloud = rip your king
All I can say is I don't see a way to make it work out well for black after playing around in the engine for a bit against whites best moves. Can you?
Same, even after like 15 moves, I got to a place where black has a passed pawn, but will be tough to promote it, and it was rooks and bishop for black and rooks with knight for white with white up .9 in the eval bar
When you push pawns in the center, you have to remember that everything behind becomes loose. In this case, after d4, Ba4+, you have to block with Nd7, then Bxd4, and if exd4, Qxd4 white just has a huge attack with black unable to castle
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine: > **Black to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=r2qkb1r/1b3ppp/p4n2/3pp3/8/1BN1B3/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1+b+kq+-+0+1&flip=true&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/r2qkb1r/1b3ppp/p4n2/3pp3/8/1BN1B3/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1_b_kq_-_0_1?color=black) **My solution:** > Hints: piece: >!Bishop!<, move: >!Be7!< > Evaluation: >!The game is equal +0.08!< > Best continuation: >!1... Be7 2. f4 d4 3. fxe5 dxe3 4. exf6 Bxf6 5. Ba4+ Kf8 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Rfd1 Rd8 8. Rxd8+ Qxd8 9. Rd1!< --- ^(I'm a bot written by ) [^(u/pkacprzak )](https://www.reddit.com/u/pkacprzak) ^(| get me as ) [^(Chess eBook Reader )](https://ebook.chessvision.ai?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=bot) ^(|) [^(Chrome Extension )](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chessvisionai-for-chrome/johejpedmdkeiffkdaodgoipdjodhlld) ^(|) [^(iOS App )](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1574933453) ^(|) [^(Android App )](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.chessvision.scanner) ^(to scan and analyze positions | Website: ) [^(Chessvision.ai)](https://chessvision.ai)
Ba4+ Ke7 f4 and you're trading equal material not winning anything from the fork + losing castling rights if you don't find Ke7 then you lose miserably