Keynsham Rapidplay - Solution


John Richards v George Crockart, Keynsham Rapidplay Open, 1997

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|  kr   r|
|ppqn ppp|
|  pbpn  |
|     b  |
|   N    |
|  NPB P |
|PPP  PBP|
|R   QRK |
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White to play and win

1.Ndb5! cxb5 2.Nxb5 Nb6 [2...Bb4 3.Qxb4 a5 4.Qa3; 2...Qb8 3.Nxa7+ Kc7 4.Qa5+ Nb6 (4...b6 5.Nb5+ Kc8 6.Qa6+ Qb7 7.Qxb7#) 5.Qxb6+ Kd7 6.Qb5+ Ke7 7.Bxb7] 3.Nxc7 and White went on to win.

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