Winning blow: rook to c8 (c1·3)
c9-19017naming 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
21. Rxc8 Rxh1 22. Rxh8
Why it works
- Great move! rook to c8 keeps the pressure (+5.3).
- Well found: rook to h8 (+5.5).
- You win a piece — the queen.
- If instead Rxh1, then Rxh8 and you win the queen.
About this position
These pieces come from starting position #273.
SP-273 · ThroneGuard — Both knights start on inner files (b–g) while the king sits centrally on d or e — one of 204 positions filed here.
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