Sunday, August 23, 2009

Tactic 0164

[Event "ICC Blitz"]
[White "cj1"]
[Black "jbennett"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "JB"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2Q1k1rr/p7/Pp1q4/2pb4/3p1P2/2P1P2P/1P4PK/R4R2 b - - 0 34"]

{Black to move, white just played Qc8+. }
{Second best is Kf7 (-1.54) or Qd8 (-1.16), best is Ke7 (-9.33) }
1... Ke7! {Black has a threat of Rxg2+, followed by Rxh3#. }
{Ke7 is the only move that doesn't allow white enough }
{time to defend g2. For example, if Qd8: }
(1... Qd8
2. Qxd8+ Kxd8
3. Rg1
)
(1... Kf7 {And if Kf7, then: }
2. Qf5+ Ke7
3. Rg1
)
2. Qxg8 Rxg8
*

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