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I liked this one, it's like fireworks. Taken from Reinfeld's book.


Black to play.

I took about 20 minutes for this one (without the hint the thread title gives of course😉), take your time.

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Originally posted by diskamyl
I liked this one, it's like fireworks. Taken from Reinfeld's book.

[fen]1k1r1b1r/p1p1q3/2p1p3/4Ppp1/4nP2/P2BQ3/1PP3PB/2KR3R b - - 0 1[/fen]
Black to play.

I took about 20 minutes for this one (without the hint the thread title gives of course😉), take your time.
A real beauty (if I got it right)!

1....,Rxh2! 2.Rxh2,Qxa3! 3.bxa3,Bxa3+ 4.Kb1,Nf6+ 5.Ka1,Bb2+! 6.Kxb2,Nxd1+ 7.Ka2,Nxe3 allthough I'm convinced I'm capable of losing the resulting position LOL

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Originally posted by Katastroof
A real beauty (if I got it right)!

1....,Rxh2! 2.Rxh2,Qxa3! 3.bxa3,Bxa3+ 4.Kb1,Nf6+ 5.Ka1,Bb2+! 6.Kxb2,Nxd1+ 7.Ka2,Nxe3 allthough I'm convinced I'm capable of losing the resulting position LOL
yes, that's right. And all of this is for a single pawn. (in the last position of the sequence white can grab the g pawn.)

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