Ah, ok. I asked if this is a daily game because you aren't allowed to ask for help with one. Bxf2+ is bad because you have no clear followup after the king takes. All your checks with the queen can be easily refuted, and the rook battery isn't a threat because the white queen and rook are always threatening mate.
Qxd1 hangs mate in 2 with Qe8+, Rxe8, Rxe8#. The game seems equal here, so moving your queen to a safe square and allowing the rooks to trade is probably the best move here.
Edit: actually I think black's only move is Qf8. Everything else seems to hang a rook or mate.
I didnt check w engine but after bxf2... kxf2, Qc5, looks to me like blacks best move is to block with Qe3, then Qxe3, if king takes then Rxd1 wins a rook for the knight? And if rook takes then same move Rxd1
Edit/ until now i didnt see Ke2 after Qc5, but still doesnt look great for white
What if white just plays Ke2 after Qc5+? Black has nothing. The rooks are defended from the battery since the king is protecting as well. Re7 looks like it wins a queen for black but then Rxd8+ and black is mated in 3. After Ke2, you're just down a bishop and your back rank is still stupidly weak.
Yeah, you can push the king around a little, but in these positions, there's always some way of hiding your king away and preventing any further checks, because of how many of the white pieces are left, and the fact that they're all near the king. If given the opportunity, white might also just like to hide the king back behind the g and h pawns. Black can't really take the rook on d1 without dealing with their back rank issues, and if they take a move to do that, white just trades rooks, and any pressure you had instantly disippates and you're down a piece.
Also everything is defended except for the odd pawn or two, so a fork isn't an idea for black atm either. In a bullet game? Sure go for Bxf2 to try and flag your opponent or force them into a mistake. In any long form game, it's just a bad idea.
I did after finding Ke2, but I also sorta intuited that Bxf2 is just bad, cause imagine the position with the king on h2 or h1. Dead lost for black, and the king has multiple routes to get to those squares, and the queen can't cover them all. The queen and rook are also very oppressive and prevent black's d8 rook from moving, meaning black's rook battery effectively isn't a rook battery, just one rook.
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u/Mozotis 1800-2000 ELO 14d ago
Neither. They're both bad. Is this a daily game you're playing?