Pin: rook to e1
li-02a9LPuzzle rating: 1134Theme: Hanging piece: your opponent left a piece undefended — take it.
Black to move — find the best continuation
The tactical motive
Hanging piece: your opponent left a piece undefended — take it.
Black to move — find the best continuation
Solution & explanation
Main line
34... Rxe1+ 35. Kh2 Be5 36. Qxe5+ Rxe5
Why it works
- Great move! rook to e1 keeps the pressure (+7.1).
- Well found: bishop to e5 (+7.2).
- Strong! rook to e5 is the sharp choice (+7.6).
- You win a piece — the queen.
- If instead Kh2, then Be5 and you win the rook.
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