Daily Chess Improvement: Quick Eye Tactic!

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  KarthikM says:

  September 17, 2020 at 8:53 pm

  1. Re8 a3 2. Rxd8 a2 3. Rh8+ Kxh8 4. d8Q+ Kh7 5. Ng6 a1Q 6. Qh8#
  2. Re8 Nxd7 2. Rxd8 Nxe5 (Nb6 3. Ng6) 3. fxe5 wins
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    jibal says:

    September 21, 2020 at 11:27 pm

    Re8 a3 Ng6 is also effective.

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  KarthikM says:

  September 17, 2020 at 9:20 pm

  1. Re8 Rxd7 2. Ng6 Rd2+ 3. Kxe3 Nc4+ 4. Kf3 Nd5+ 5. fxe5 Rd3+ 6. Ke2 and there’s nothing left for Black
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    jibal says:

    September 21, 2020 at 11:22 pm

    There’s no reason to expose the king with Kxe3; other moves win more quickly.

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  jibal says:

  September 21, 2020 at 11:12 pm

  Not much improvement when the extremely obvious move is the right move. But I suppose Rh8+ to allow queening with check is slightly less obvious, and instructive for rank beginners.

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  Ernesto Hernandez says:

  November 24, 2020 at 3:00 pm

  Thank you!