Friday, February 27, 2009

Tactic 0017

[Event "Kolty Eagles"]
[White "Jan De Jong"]
[Black "Jim Bennett"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "JB"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/p6p/1p2p2q/3pnpB1/2b5/P1P4N/3Q1PPP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 24"]

{Black to move, white just played Bxg5. }
{There are three playable moves here to deal with the double attack }
{against the queen and the knight. }
{Can you find all of them? }
{Third best is Qxh3 (0.14), although it has dramatic appeal. }
{Second best is Qg7 (0.05) logically moving the queen out of take }
{and simultaneously defending the knight. }
{Best is Nf3+ (-0.78) }
1... Nf3+
2. gxf3 Qxh3
3. Rxe6 Rae8
4. Rxe8 Rxe8
*

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