Chess tactics 62 in Chess Tactics Chess Training on June 25, 2017 January 29, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Chess tactics 62 WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.06.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Tactics #62"] [Black " Garcia Palermo - Patrick Wolff, 1986 "] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1q1r1rk1/1b1nbppp/p3pn2/1p4B1/3NP3/P1N5/BP2QPPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "22"] 1. Nxe6 {[pgndiagram] This sacrifice is obvious in this position, but the really hard part is to make it work.} fxe6 2. Bxe6+ Rf7 (2... Kh8 {Leads to a position where Black is a pawn down and therefore might be the best defence.} 3. Bxd7 Bd6 (3... Nxd7 4. Bxe7) (3... Rxd7 4. Rxd7 Nxd7 5. Bxe7) 4. Bf5 Bxh2+ 5. Kh1 Be5 {[pgndiagram] And White still has some work to do}) 3. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 4. e5 {And White is winning here, although he is temporarily a rook down. E.g.} Rc7 {This was played in the game. It loses immediately} (4... Bf8 5. exf6 gxf6 6. Bxd7 Rxd7 7. Qe6+ Rf7 8. Be3) 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. exf6 Bxf6 7. Qh5+ {Was played in the game, leading to a better endgame} (7. Bf4 {Also wins}) 7... g6 8. Qxh7+ Bg7 9. Bh6 Qh8 10. Qxg7+ Qxg7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[pgndiagram] And White wins} *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 study 18 – B. Sidorov study Chess study 18 - B. Sidorov study Next PostChess tactics 63 → Chess tactics 63 You May Also Like Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 30 View Post Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 69 View Post Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess Tactics 87 View Post