Win the hanging bishop on a8
li-08COQPuzzle rating: 1684Theme: 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... Bxa8 35. Rc8+ Kh7
Why it works
- Great move! bishop to a8 keeps the pressure (+4.7).
- Well found: king to h7 (+4.5).
- You win a piece — the rook.
- If instead Rc8+, then Kh7 and you win the rook.
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