Chess tactics 57 in Chess Tactics Chess Training on June 13, 2017 January 29, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Chess tactics 57 BLACK TO PLAY [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.06.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Tactics #57"] [Black " Short - Ivanchuk, Reggio Emilia 2011 "] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5rk1/1R5p/6p1/P1p3b1/4P2P/4qPK1/2r1N3/4RQ2 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [SourceDate "2017.06.13"] 1... Bxh4+ $1 {[pgndiagram] This "simple" bishop sacrifice just wins for Black} 2. Kxh4 Rxf3 {[pgndiagram] And White has no defence} 3. Rb8+ {He can only prolong things} (3. Qg2 {Leads to mate after} Qh6+ 4. Kg4 Qh5# {[pgndiagram]}) 3... Kg7 4. Rb7+ Kh6 5. Qg2 {[pgndiagram] Now Qh6 is not available, but it still doesn't save White} Qxe4+ 6. Qg4 g5# $1 {[pgndiagram] And White gets checkmated. An very vivid example on the "weak king" theme} *your 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 tactics 56 Chess tactics 56 Next PostChess study 17 – Vasily Platov study → Chess study 17 - Vasily Platov study You May Also Like Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 25 View Post Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 11 View Post Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 10 View Post