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CHESS TACTICS #76685

Problem's rating:	1274
Avg. time to solve:	01:11
Total attempts:	399
Solved percentage:	75.2%

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blunderboy1969
30-Apr-11, 06:23

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Does Qb5 make any sense? I don't see why you would give your queen up

breakerofwind
30-Apr-11, 21:04

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Agreed. All I get is black losing a rook.

2. a5 Qc6
3. Ne5 Qe8
4. Nxc7 Qe7
5. Nxa8

novoboy
19-Oct-12, 10:47

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I came to the same conclusion, please show your thinking

sccadams
19-Oct-12, 14:39

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By taking the knight with the queen black at least gets two minor pieces in compensation. In breaker's line, the rook is lost for no compensation. Note that b6 is the perfect escape square for the knight. In the main line white ends up +3, in the latter white ends up +6.

Personally, I think I would rather try to claw my way back in the game down the exchange a queen for knight and bishop.

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