Winning blow: bishop to e5 (g3)
c9-14198naming tag (square·N)Shuffle 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
34. Bxe5 Rxd7 35. Rxg6
Why it works
- Great move! bishop to e5 keeps the pressure (+5.9).
- Spot on — rook to g6 (+5.9).
- You win a piece — the rook.
- If instead Rxd7, then Rxg6 and you win the rook.
About this position
These pieces come from starting position #568.
SP-568 · ThroneGuard — A centre-file king with no knight on the edge; a position and its mirror twin always share this family.
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