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Winning blow: bishop to d4 (g1·5)

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

31. Bxd4 Qxa2 32. Nxa2

Why it works

  • Great move! bishop to d4 keeps the pressure (+4.8).
  • Well found: knight to a2 (+4.9).
  • You win a piece — the queen.
  • If instead Qxa2, then Nxa2 and you win the queen.

About this position

These pieces come from starting position #604.

SP-604 · 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.

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