Chess tactics 41 in Chess Tactics Chess Training on April 4, 2017 January 29, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Chess tactics 41 [Event "1969"] [Site "White to play and win"] [Date "2017.04.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Rogoff"] [Black "Spencer"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1r3k1/5pbp/b1p1pnp1/pp2N1B1/3P4/PBP4P/1P3PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "7"] 1. Nxf7 {[pgndiagram] White forces a win with the nice knight sacrifice} Kxf7 2. Rxe6 {Here Black has multiple replies, all of which fail} Ne8 {The game continuation is probably the worst} (2... Nd5 3. Rxc6 Rxc6 4. Bxd5+ {Leads to the endgame in which White is three pawns up}) (2... Kf8 3. Bxf6 Bxf6 4. Rxf6+ {Leads to an endgame where White is two pawns up}) (2... Nh5 3. Rf6+ Ke8 4. Re1+ Kd8 5. Rf7+ {Also wins for White}) 3. Ree1+ Kf8 4. Be7# 1-0your 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 studies 11 – Kotov Mitrofanov study Chess studies 11 - Kotov Mitrofanov study Next PostChess tactics 42 → Chess tactics 42 You May Also Like Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 31 View Post Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 5 View Post Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 25 View Post