Beat the Masters 27
July 1988, Position C
White to play
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Strange position - somehow I originally thought White was a piece down but it's actually a rook for 2 pieces...
ReplyDelete1. Rxd6 jumped out at me and looks like it could actually work. If Black takes then 1...Bxd6 2.Bxd6 Nd7 3.Bg4 seems to win. If Black doesn't take eg 1...Rd8 then the same line looks good 2.Rxd8 Bxd8 3.Bd6 or something like 1...Bxe4 2.Rd4 Bxb4 3.Rxe4 and I think White's doing well.
8 points Matt. Not quite the top scorer. More tomorrow.
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