Winning blow: rook to f7 (f4)
c9-16549naming 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
31. Rxf7 Bxf7 32. Bxe7
Why it works
- Brilliant! The rook on f7 is a sacrifice that works — you stand better (+3.0).
- Well found: bishop to e7 (+3.2).
- You win a piece — the rook.
- If instead Bxf7, then Bxe7 and you win the rook.
About this position
These pieces come from starting position #533.
SP-533 · 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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