Crux Tactics III

Submitted by Crux on Thu, 02/12/2009 at 9:34pm.

Hello!

I would like to continue my tactics series with a recently finished game I played in a tournament. In the game, an Arkhangelsk Variation of the Ruy Lopez (C78), I gained an advantage early on, and won a Rook and Pawn as a result. The position looked fairly stable, until I began relating some of the positions of the pieces. The idea was formed a while before the deciding move was actually made, but I was lucky that my opponent missed it. Anyways, here it is:

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by Salaskan - 5 months ago
Netherlands Netherlands

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 80

Brilliant move, a combination of a decoy and a skewer. Don't think I would have seen it.

by Crux - 8 months ago
Malling Denmark

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 219

The chess.com computer is weak compared to my own, so why use that to analyse? Just because I phrase it the same way chess.com does doesn't mean I just use their analysis..besides, it wouldn't see that far into the variation.

by Alpha0 - 8 months ago
United States

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 107

Play might have continued.. quit ripping off the chess.com computer analysis.

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