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Puzzle. White to play. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Solution is

SPOILER

(how do you properly do spoilers on lemmy?)

!Kf4 which wins the rook!<

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They respond Rf5, BxR, PxB.

Is that supposed to get white to winning status? Looks pretty equal to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

After takes, takes, white has Nd5 which threatens 2 forks at the same time (Nxb6 and Nf6). Maybe that is winning, idk, I would rather play white tho.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nf6

There's nothing on that square to threaten, so how is that a fork?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Forks the h-pawn and the bishop. You cannot protect your pawn with the bishop either because e8 is covered by the knight as well.

Should be easy to push to promote for white after eliminating that pawn.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The bishop is on the wrong color to be threatened by a knight on d5

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok, I play Nd5 what do you do? If you don't move your bishop or king, I'm gonna fork both by taking on b6. If you defend the pawn with the king, I play Nf6 instead forking your bishop and outside pawn. Gonna win a pawn either way after already winning the bishop for rook exchange earlier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I see, good point