Daily Chess Improvement: Attacking Chess Tactic!

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  CraigB says:

  February 1, 2017 at 9:18 pm

  1. Bc8! White threatens mate via Q:b7 or B:b7 depending on how White tries to defend, and 1…R:c8 leads to a back rank mate.

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    Yancey Ward says:

    February 2, 2017 at 2:14 am

    I can’t believe I didn’t see that. I knew I had to be missing something more imaginative than the winning, but pedestrian 1.Rb5.

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      CraigB says:

      February 3, 2017 at 3:28 pm

      Yeah, I specialize in weird moves. Probably my chess would improve if I got better at looking for normal moves.

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  Tayure says:

  February 2, 2017 at 5:45 pm

  Bc8