Problem 7
FEN 1r1bk2r/2R2ppp/p3p3/1b2P2q/4QP2/4N3/1B4PP/3R2K1 w k - 0 1
Problem 7Todorovic - Tosic, Arandjelovac, 1993
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| 8 | 8 | ||||||||
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| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h |
1.Rxd8+!! Rxd8 (1...Kxd8 2.Ra7! Qe2 3.Qd4+ Ke8 4.h3 Qe1+ 5.Kh2 Rd8 6.Qc5 Qh4 7.Ba3 Rd7 8.Ra8+ Rd8 9.g3 1-0) 2.Ba3 Qe2 3.h3! Bd7 (better but still losing was 3...Qe1+ 4.Kh2 Qa5 5.Re7+ Kf8 6.Rd7+ Kg8 7.Bb4 Rxd7 8.Bxa5 +-) 4.Nf5! Qd1+ 5.Kh2 f6 6.e5xf6 1-0
The exchange sacrifice keeps control of the 7th rank. Genius 2 does better than the R30 on this one, but needs more than a month to find 1.Rxd8!!, even on a 90 MHz Pentium.
Fritz 9 plays 1.Rxd8!! in 2 seconds.
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