Chess Puzzle #7u7pi — Advanced, White to move, middlegame

Rating 1751 · Advanced · equality, fork, middlegame, short.

Position

White: king b1; queen c2; rooks d1/h1; bishop f1; pawns a2/b2/c3/e4/e5/f3/g2/g3. Black: king g8; queen f5; rooks a8/f8; bishop c8; knight h5; pawns a5/b7/c7/d5/e6/g6/h7. Black is ahead by 2 points of material. White to move.

Solution (2 moves)

  1. Opponent setup: dxe4 — pawn d5→e4, captures pawn. Now White to move.
  2. Best move: g4 — pawn g3→g4. Opponent replies Qxe5 (queen f5→e5, captures pawn).
  3. Best move: gxh5 — pawn g4→h5, captures knight.

Tactical themes

equality, fork, middlegame, short. The key move is g4.

Position data

FEN: r1b2rk1/1pp4p/4p1p1/p2pPq1n/4P3/2P2PP1/PPQ3P1/1K1R1B1R b - - 0 22

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