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      Home  >  Chess Improvement • Chess Puzzles  >  A very tricky puzzle

      A very tricky puzzle

      Chess tactic, Puzzle Solving


      White to move. How do you assess the position? How should White proceed?

      8/2N5/7p/3P2k1/4r3/4P3/6P1/7K w – – 0 0

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      3 Comments

      1. Candidatemaster Reply
        August 17, 2008 at 2:09 am

        I would just push the pawn..

        Rook can not take it because of the forks of knight.

      2. Anonymous Reply
        August 17, 2008 at 7:45 am

        1.d6! Kf6

        [1…Rxe3 2.d7 Rd3 3.d8Q+ Rxd8 4.Ne6+ Kg4 5.Nxd8+-]

        2.Nd5+! Ke6 3.d7 Rh4+ 4.Kg1 Kxd7 5.g3!+- and the rook is trapped!

      3. Anonymous Reply
        August 17, 2008 at 9:41 am

        1. d6 {Black needs to be carful about the white knight as it can fork the king and rook or the king and d8 square, thus guarding the pawn promotion.}
        1. … Rxe3
        2. d7 Rd3
        3. Ne6+ … 1-0

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