White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
First you have to give up material. Then you get back dividends from the investment: 1.Nc5 Rc7 [If Black takes the knight, then White gives away the bishop and the whole Black position falls apart! Worth playing out: 1...dxc5 2.Bf4 Bd6 (2...Qxf4 3.Qxb7 Bd6 4.g3 Qb4 5.Qc8+ Ke7 6.Qxh8) 3.Rxd6 0–0 4.Rxd7 Rb6 5.Qxc5 Qe8 6.Qc6] 2.Nxd7 Rxc6 3.Nxb8 Rc8 4.Na6 d5 5.b4 Bd6 6.Nc5 Bxc5 7.bxc5 0–0 8.Bf4 Rxc5 9.Bd6 That’s why you castled as soon as possible!
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