Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Tactic 0083

[Event "ICC Blitz"]
[White "FJCRUISER"]
[Black "jbennett"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "JB"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5p2/p4rp1/1p4qp/2pPP3/P1P2bPQ/1PB4P/4R1K1 b - - 0 37"]

{Black to move, white just played Qh3. }
{There are two good moves in this position, but which is best? }
{Second best is Qd2 (-3.71), best is Be2 (-15.58) }
1... Be2! {Qd2 forks the bishop and rook, but Be2 is a much stronger. }
2. g4 {If Rxe2, then Qc1+ leads to mate (Kg2? Qf1#). }
{g4 also guards against Qe3+. }
2... Rf3
3. Qxf3 {If Qg2, then Qe3+ followed by Rf2. }
3... Bxf3
4. Bd1 Qxg4+
5. Kf2 Bxd1
*

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