Practical Chess Tactic #1

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  Anonymous says:

  June 4, 2008 at 4:35 pm

  1.Rxc6 wins a piece.
  1.- bxc6? 2.Rd3 a5 3.Rb3+ Ka7 4.Rb7+ Ka6 5.Sc5#

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  computojon says:

  June 4, 2008 at 4:35 pm

  How about Rxc6! e.g. bxc6 Rd3 followed by Rb3

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  computojon says:

  June 4, 2008 at 4:36 pm

  You beat me by a second again!

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  Jochen says:

  June 4, 2008 at 7:47 pm

  One add:
  1. Rxc6, Nxf4!? 2. Rc7!, Nxe6 3. Rxb7#

  Unfortunately white is up two pawns in the position (and much more active etc, that’s a bad puzzle as e.g. 1. f5 seems to win very prosaic, too) if not black would have a playable game after 1. Rxc6, Nxf4 2. Nxf4? while here of course the (worse) simple Nxf4 wins, too (leaving white with 2N+P vs R).

  It’s a “everything goes” position, white can play second good moves and win easily.

  🙁

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  Jochen says:

  June 4, 2008 at 7:50 pm

  Perhaps we can improve the position by taking away the white g and h pawn and adding a black g7 pawn?
  Of course this wouldn’t be the game then but it would be a nicer puzzle and Nxf4!? would be a try!?

  Opinions?