Sunday, May 3, 2009

Tactic 0069

[Event "ICC Blitz"]
[White "jbennett"]
[Black "Xterminater"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "JB"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rkb1r/p3pppp/q1p5/2n5/B1pP4/2B1P3/5PPP/1R1Q1RK1 w k - 0 16"]

{White to move, black just played Nc5. }
{Second best is Ra1 (0.79), best is dxc5 (2.25) }
1. dxc5! Rxd1
2. Rfxd1 {Sacrifice the queen for a knight and a rook. }
2... f6 {Rb8+ is threatened, so make space for the king to escape. }
3. Rb8+ Kf7
4. Ra1 e5 {The black queen has no moves! }
5. Bc2 Bxc5 {This way black can grab a rook, }
6. Rxa6 Rxb8
7. Rxc6 {but white ends up with an extra piece. }
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