Winning blow: rook to g6
c9-03735Shuffle Rating 780Theme: Chess960 twist: use the unusual starting setup of the pieces.
White to move — find the best continuation
The tactical motive
Chess960 twist: use the unusual starting setup of the pieces.
White to move — find the best continuation
Solution & explanation
Main line
15. Rxg6 Kf7 16. Rg5 Ne6 17. Rf5+
Why it works
- Great move! rook to g6 keeps the pressure (+3.8).
- rook to g5 develops smoothly.
- Precise: rook to f5 is the top choice (+3.8).
- You win a piece — the rook.
- If instead Kf7, then Rg5 and you win the rook.
About this position
These pieces come from starting position #628.
SP-628 · 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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