Winning blow: rook to e2
c9-08805Shuffle Rating 920Theme: 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
39. Rxe2 Ba6 40. Bxe8
Why it works
- Great move! rook to e2 keeps the pressure (+3.6).
- Spot on — bishop to e8 (+3.6).
- You win a piece — the queen.
- If instead Ba6, then Bxe8 and you win the queen.
About this position
These pieces come from starting position #741.
SP-741 · RampartGuard — King pushed to the b- or g-file, knights off the edges — 144 positions here.
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