Winning blow: bishop to g4
c9-09514Shuffle 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
18. Bg4+ Qxg4 19. Nxg4
Why it works
- Great move! bishop to g4 keeps the pressure (+4.8).
- Well found: knight to g4 (+4.7).
- You win a piece — the queen.
- If instead Qxg4, then Nxg4 and you win the queen.
About this position
These pieces come from starting position #243.
SP-243 · ThroneGuard — Both knights start on inner files (b–g) while the king sits centrally on d or e — one of 204 positions filed here.
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