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Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to g6 (f5·2)

Shuffle Rating 780Theme: Chess960 twist: use the unusual starting setup of the pieces.
White to move — find the best continuation

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The tactical motive

Chess960 twist: use the unusual starting setup of the pieces.

White to move — find the best continuation

Solution & explanation

Main line

12. fxg6 hxg6 13. Bf1 d5 14. Bb5

Why it works

  • Great move! pawn to g6 keeps the pressure (+5.8).
  • bishop to f1 develops smoothly.
  • A natural move: bishop to b5.
  • You win a piece — the queen.
  • If instead hxg6, then Bf1 and you win the queen.

About this position

These pieces come from starting position #166.

SP-166 · ThroneScout — A knight starts on the edge (a/h) and the king sits centrally on d or e; the mirror twin stays in this family too.

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