d5 pawn Capture by Bishop or Queen. What's your view?

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BharatArora23

Dzindo07

With the queen by far.

BharatArora23

What would be your reasoning? Thanks

Dzindo07
BharatArora23 wrote:

What would be your reasoning? Thanks

Yes I suppose I kind of gave a laconic response.

If you take with the bishop there is Qf6 and I think it's still winning but you're giving black too much counter play. Better to just kill it off and go in to an endgame.

RAU4ever

When someone is really certain, I usually want to have a crack at trying to prove the opposite. tongue.png

If you do take with the bishop, you also win the c5-pawn. 
14. Bxd5, Bb7;
15. Nxc5, bxc5
16. Bd6!

You can't take the bishop, because after Bxf7+ you'd lose the queen. So the double attack makes sure to win pawn c5 too. 

That being said, I don't know what I'd do. After the line I just gave it seems as though black gets a little bit of counterplay with 16. ... Re8, 17. Bxc5, Qa5. But after 18. Rc1, it's kind of hard to see black really generating anything. White on the other hands has immediate threats against f7, Bb7 and Nc6. 

On general grounds I don't want to give the opponent any counterplay at all when I'm 2 pawns up, so in practice I would probably would already have taken with the queen. 14. Bxd5 might however still objectively be better as white stays in control.

tygxc

It does not matter, both captures win.

BharatArora23

Thank you @Dzindo07 and @ CM RAU4ever

BestSell

I'd actually play Rc1 there, adding more pressure to Black.

The more tension points that your opponent has to defend at once, the harder it generally it is for them to play.

But really, in this position, Black is losing in a multitude of ways, so it's not terribly crucial which winning move White chooses here.

BharatArora23

Thanks @bestsell

PerpetuallyPinned

Work it out

Don't forget any possible checks 

davidmayfield
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