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Qxc5
Nc6
Hard to see unless you remember there is a rook on b1 instead of on a1.
1. Nc6! bxc6
2. Qxc5 Nxc5 (..Rxb1 3. Qd4)
3. Rxb8
1…. Rb8
2. Rxd7! Qxe7
3. Nxe7 Kg7
4. Nxc8
Nc6!
1. NC6!–BY TSEKMATE
Nc6 almost without thinking about it. White can of course extract the queen or exchange at c5, but he will just lock in black’s slight advantage. 1.Nc6 opens an attack on the c7 knight and guards the queen at e7:
1. Nc6 Qe7 (bc6 2.Qc5 Nc5 3.Rb8)
2. Ne7 Kg7
3. Nc8+-
Finally, at move 1, black cannot move the rook:
1. Nc6 Ra8
2. Rd7 Qe7
3. Ne7 Kany
4. Nc8+-