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Simple positions…

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

… can actually be full of venom, particularly when they feature a weak back rank. Here White had just attacked the enemy rook with
34.Bxa5 and now Black had the choice between three moves: 
A) 34…Ra6
B) 34…Rb7
C) 34…Rxb3.
What would you advise? Only one continuation doesn’t lose!
The solution is here,
but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram.

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