Chess tactics 41 in Chess Tactics Chess Training on April 4, 2017 January 29, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Chess tactics 41 [Event "1969"] [Site "White to play and win"] [Date "2017.04.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Rogoff"] [Black "Spencer"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1r3k1/5pbp/b1p1pnp1/pp2N1B1/3P4/PBP4P/1P3PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "7"] 1. Nxf7 {[pgndiagram] White forces a win with the nice knight sacrifice} Kxf7 2. Rxe6 {Here Black has multiple replies, all of which fail} Ne8 {The game continuation is probably the worst} (2... Nd5 3. Rxc6 Rxc6 4. Bxd5+ {Leads to the endgame in which White is three pawns up}) (2... Kf8 3. Bxf6 Bxf6 4. Rxf6+ {Leads to an endgame where White is two pawns up}) (2... Nh5 3. Rf6+ Ke8 4. Re1+ Kd8 5. Rf7+ {Also wins for White}) 3. Ree1+ Kf8 4. Be7# 1-0your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts Chess tactics Previous Post← Chess studies 11 – Kotov Mitrofanov study Chess studies 11 - Kotov Mitrofanov study Next PostChess tactics 42 → Chess tactics 42 You May Also Like Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 48 View Post Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 12 View Post Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 61 View Post