Saturday, April 4, 2009

Tactic 0041


[Event "Kolty Cardinals"]
[White "Michael Lico"]
[Black "Jim Bennett"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "JB"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3rk1/p3b1p1/4b2p/1qn1pp2/3p4/P2P2P1/1BQNPPBP/1RR3K1 w - - 0 21"]

{White to move, black just played Be6. }
{Second best is Bc3 (-0.13), best is Bxd4 (2.23) }
1. Bxd4 Nb3 {Blocking the threat to the queen. }
2. Bxa7 Rbc8
3. Nc4 Bxc4
4. dxc4 Qa5 {Unpin the knight and attack the bishop. }
5. Rxb3 Qxa7
6. Bb7 {But at the end, black is still down two pawns. }
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