Winning blow: rook to b7
c9-14249Shuffle 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
23. Rxb7+ Kxb7 24. exf5
Why it works
- Great move! rook to b7 keeps the pressure (+4.2).
- Well found: pawn to f5 (+4.2).
- You win a piece — the queen.
- If instead Kxb7, then exf5 and you win the queen.
About this position
These pieces come from starting position #70.
SP-70 · 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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