2024/05/10 DPA: "I Spy...A Queen Without Her Guard"

Black to move. White has back rank weakness. 1. ... Rh1+. 2. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 3. Rxf2 Qxf2 but Black can't get to the back row. Wait: White's Queen is unguarded. So 2. ... Nxf2+ threatens the Queen. . The more efficient way to solve this would have been to first recognize that the White Queen was unguarded...

May 10, 2024 - 10:25
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2024/05/10 DPA: "I Spy...A Queen Without Her Guard"
Black to move. White has back rank weakness. 1. ... Rh1+. 2. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 3. Rxf2 Qxf2 but Black can't get to the back row. Wait: White's Queen is unguarded. So 2. ... Nxf2+ threatens the Queen. . The more efficient way to solve this would have been to first recognize that the White Queen was unguarded...

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