Winning blow: rook to f3
c9-04166Shuffle 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
12. Rxf3 Bb7 13. b4 g4 14. Rf1
Why it works
- Great move! rook to f3 keeps the pressure (+6.2).
- pawn to b4 develops smoothly.
- A natural move: rook to f1.
- You win a piece — the knight.
- If instead f6, then exf6 and you win the knight.
About this position
These pieces come from starting position #352.
SP-352 · 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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