chessmate@lemmy.ml to Chess@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoBrilliant but why !?imagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up129file-text
arrow-up129imageBrilliant but why !?chessmate@lemmy.ml to Chess@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square6linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·4 months agoAfter rxe7, Rd8+ kxd8, rb8# Its a smother of sorts. Pawn controls an important square (d7) . And the rook that was forced to e7 by the knight sac blocks the only other potential escape square.
After rxe7, Rd8+ kxd8, rb8#
Its a smother of sorts. Pawn controls an important square (d7) . And the rook that was forced to e7 by the knight sac blocks the only other potential escape square.