Friday, September 4, 2009

Tactic 0172

[Event "ICC Blitz"]
[White "jbennett"]
[Black "jemmack"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "JB"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/pp1b1qp1/2p1p2p/3PPr2/2P1Q3/P4R2/1P1B2PP/6K1 w - - 0 33"]

{White to move, black just played Bd7. }
{Second best is d6 (1.47), best is Rxf5 (2.49) }
1. Rxf5 {Simplifies to a won ending. }
1... Qxf5 {If exf5, then: }
(1... exf5
2. e6! {Now if fxe4, then exf7, and the pawn will queen. }
2... Qh5
3. Qe3 {And black will have to give up the bishop }
{to stop the center pawns. }
)
2. Qxf5 exf5
3. e6 Bc8
4. a4
*

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