Winning blow: rook to f4 (f7)
c9-21921naming 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
27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. exf4
Why it works
- Great move! rook to f4 keeps the pressure (+4.8).
- Well found: pawn to f4 (+4.9).
- You win a piece — the queen.
- If instead Rxf4, then exf4 and you win the queen.
About this position
These pieces come from starting position #689.
SP-689 · 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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