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Chess Solution no 13
The game continued as follows:
47. ... Rxd5+
48. Ke2 Qc2+
49. Ke3 Rd3+
50. Ke4 Rd4+
White resigned at this point. There are alternative scenarios but they all involve the loss of the white queen in exchange for the black rook e.g:
47. ... Rxd5+
48. Ke2 Qc2+
49. Kf3 Rf5
etc.
Chess Puzzle no 13
You may remember Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (AKA Sara Khadem) as the Iranian chess player who removed her hijab while competing in a tournament in Kazakhstan. Realising that she would be arrested if she returned to Iran, she defected to Spain instead and now has Spanish nationality.
The position below is from the game she played in that tournament against Nafisa Muminova. Sarasadat has the black pieces and it is her turn to move. How did she bring the game to a successful conclusion?
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