Thursday, October 29, 2009

Tactic 0227


[Event "ICC Blitz"]
[White "jbennett"]
[Black "gberto1"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "JB"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k3rr/1bpn1p2/pp2p3/5p2/1PPp4/3B2P1/P2B1P1P/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 19"]

{Black to move, white just played g3. }
{Second best is c5 (-3.47), best is Rxh2 (-5.77) }
1... Rxh2
2. Be4 {If Kxh2, then Rh8+ leads to mate. }
2... fxe4
3. Kxh2 {Now it's safe to take, with the diagonal blocked. }
3... Ne5
4. Be3 {Another sacrifice to keep the diagonal blocked. }
4... Nf3+
5. Kg2 Nxe1+
6. Rxe1 dxe3
7. fxe3 Rd8
*

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