Exercise #78

Black to move. What would you do?

Solution

1… Re1+ 2. Kg2 Rxd1 wins the rook since the black queen and rook defends one another through the X-ray effect.

Or 1… Re1+ 2. Rxe1 Qxd4 (know as the ladder trick) wins material too.

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