Which Attack Succeeds First?
We have mate on both boards. My partner (right board) has g5+ and Qe6#. In my board, on Kf5, N@g3 mate or Kh4, g3#. I was definitely helped by material from the other board, but let us consider how my opponent contributed to his own demise:
I start my attack on the dark squares with Bg5. f6 is not advisable for Black because it leaves g6 weak:
I am continuing my attack. I am not only attacking c7, but also d6.
I offer a piece to continue my attack on the dark squares, c7, e7 and f8:So there was cxd, N@c7+ with the idea of getting the rook for the piece I sacrificed. He plays Kf8. I think that Bxc7, Nxc7+ Kd8 is better, making it hard for my knight to get out:
I play @d6. Black can just play Qd8, saving the queen and only giving back an exchange. I didn't expect him to give the queen. Material counts!
Here my opponent tries to start an attack. This doesn't work unless I ignore it. After fxe, I am safe. He would need a knight and two queens to mate me:
Here, I get mated if I take the pawn, but if I don't take the pawn, nothing bad happens:
My opponent plays B@c4+. This move is used to keep the king from escaping to d3, however, in this case, Black has no attack to escape from.N@g1+ is fatal if I take on f2, but it does nothing when answered by Nxg1:
After trading on g1, He plays N@g4. I play Q@f3 to defend and he plays N@g5. This is getting annoying, as I cannot abandon my defense of f2. I play Qf5.
My opponent plays @f3+. He is correct that I can't take the pawn. If Qxf3, he takes the queen and that mates my partner. If gxf, Qf2#. I have to play Kd2:
He plays B@d6. He is probably still thinking of Q@f2+. Maybe he is thinking of a helpmate such as Qxd6, Qf2 B@e2, Qxe3, Ke1 @f2#. But I play Qxg5 and my e-pawn is still protected. It does allow Bxc7 which was played.
I play @e5. I am hoping to attack with @d6 or @f6:
If I take the knight on d4, he can get me to give up my queen with B@e3. But what if I take the bishop on c4? That is what happened.
Black makes a purposeless check on a5 and I interpose. He plays B@g6, probably to prevent the sacrifice, Qxg7+. So I play Qxe7+ and my attack begins:
So my attack starts with @d6+ and @e7+. I have plenty of pieces because I haven't wasted them, and taking the queen has given us the advantage on both boards:
There followed Kf8, R@f8+ Rxf8, exf8Q. Here he should take the queen. He goes Kh7. It is true that the queen would go to the other board as a pawn, but he is leaving me with an extra queen on my board. If kxf8, @e7+ Ke8, the king is relatively safe and he doesn't lose the rook on h8.
There follows N@g5+ Kh6, Qxh8+ @h7:
Nxf7+ is a clearance sacrifice:
So, there followed Bxf7, @g5+ Kg6, N@f8+. It's always good to find a knight check from the first rank when the king is out, to help drive it further out. If Kf5, Q@f4# so Kxg5 happened:
In this position, our opponents resign. On my board, if Kf5 then N@g3# or Kh4, Q@g3. My partner is also mating his opponent:
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