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Winning blow: queen to f7 (c7)

Shuffle Rating 920Theme: Chess960 twist: use the unusual starting setup of the pieces.
White to move — find the best continuation

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The tactical motive

Chess960 twist: use the unusual starting setup of the pieces.

White to move — find the best continuation

Solution & explanation

Main line

33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Bxd8

Why it works

  • Great move! queen to f7 keeps the pressure (+6.0).
  • Well found: bishop to d8 (+5.9).
  • You win a piece — the queen.
  • If instead Kxf7, then Bxd8 and you win the queen.

About this position

These pieces come from starting position #238.

SP-238 · 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.

Explore position #238

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