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Winning blow: queen to d7 (f7)

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

32. Qxd7+ Ke4 33. Qxd2

Why it works

  • Great move! queen to d7 keeps the pressure (+8.8).
  • Well found: queen to d2 (+9.2).
  • You win a piece — the queen.
  • If instead Ke4, then Qxd2 and you win the queen.

About this position

These pieces come from starting position #927.

SP-927 · RampartGuard — King pushed to the b- or g-file, knights off the edges — 144 positions here.

Explore position #927

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