Game Saving Resources

Game Saving Resources

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I'm a chess coach and I teach lessons online and in the Washington DC area. , I've blogged about chess on and off (mostly off) the last few years at minorpieces.blogspot.com. I'm trying out chess.com to see how it is blogging here.

 I had white in the position below against a higher rated player.

 

Positionally I should be doing well, with active pieces and an exposed black king, but I couldn't find a way out of the pin on my bishop. After 20 seconds (remember, it's blitz) I played Qe5 and went into a lost position, which I won only after a horrific blunder by my opponent.

The computer pointed out to me, that not only am I OK in the diagrammed position, but I'm probably winning. Can you find a way to save the bishop? Please post answers in the comments. That's where I'll post the solution later.

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NM Jeremy Kane

NM Jeremy Kane is the Instructional Content Manager for Chess.com, and the author of several courses in the Starting Out series, Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Trompowsky, and Tarrasch.