Winning blow: rook to e7 (c7)
c9-15004naming 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
29. Rxe7+ Kh6 30. gxh4
Why it works
- Great move! rook to e7 keeps the pressure (+5.2).
- Spot on — pawn to h4 (+6.0).
- You win a piece — the rook.
- If instead Kh6, then gxh4 and you win the rook.
About this position
These pieces come from starting position #227.
SP-227 · ThroneGuard — King home on d or e, knights kept off the a- and h-files — the family of the standard starting array.
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