Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Tactic 0003

[Event "ICC Blitz"]
[White "Full-Rey"]
[Black "jbennett"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "JB"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b3kr/p3b1pp/1q2p1n1/2ppP3/8/P1N2Q2/1PP2PPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 14"]

{Black just played Kg8. }
{White is a piece down, but is attacking. }
{What should white play? }
{Second best is a4 (-3.14) best is Nxd5 (-0.19) }
1.Nxd5! Qb7 {If exd5, then Qxd5+, winning the rook on a8. }
2.Nxe7+ Nxe7
3.Qg4 Ng6
4.Rd1 Bd7 {If Nxe5, then Rd8+, followed by Qf4+, winning the knight. }
5.Qg3 {White has two pawns for the knight. }
{Fritz rates this as slightly favorable for black, but white is still in the game. }
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