Is white able to recover/win this game after these moves?
And then black takes the bishop:
White resigned after this, what would you do?
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Sign up to join this communityFirst off: I suspect White resigned due to the material disadvantage rather than some immediate mating threat. Having said that, I don't see any reason not to give check on c8 and try to setup some threats here as White, since it seems like Black gets checkmated:
1.Qc8+, Ke7 2.Rb7+, Kf6 3.Qf5+, Kg7 4.Qxf7+, Kh6 5.Qg7#
e4
and d5
) protect vital squares and allow a Queen or rook to land there. Black's pawn on f7
is notoriously weak in all cases, and with the rook on b7
it's already under attack.
Apr 3, 2017 at 2:07
Looking at the board I can speculate that both players are at almost beginner level. I do not see any reason why White should resign because Black does not have any forced checks. It is the middle game and both Black's knights are at the back rank, undeveloped. Any opening, you let knights get developed first within 5-7 moves. In fact this kind of position does not even need any concrete calculations because Black's queen alone cannot do anything. Here White should have attempted at least the checks shown in the above variation, and if he would have run out of checks, then I can understand the situation, else Black should resign here.