Find the best move!
susanto1206 vs destroyeraa (0-1), 2023
In this game, I had just traded queens with my opponent with Qxa4 Bxa4. Prior to this, I had missed a better move, and after Bxa4, I thought I had blundered a piece.
In reality, Black is still better here. Can you find the move?
b5!
This is the only move in this position that saves the game for me. If I had moved my rook, then that would have left my knight for taking. If I had moved my knight, then I would be down a rook.
Notice how my opponent could not take the pawn with Rxb5. This allows a discovered check with Nf3+!, allowing me to win an exchange with 1.gxf3 Rxe1+ 2. Kf2 Rxb5 3. Bxb5 Rb1
The position after 3...Rb1
In this game, my opponent took with the bishop, thinking that I had just hung a pawn. The discovered check still works: after 1...Nf3+ 2. gxf3 Rxe1 3. Rxe1 Rxb5, I win back the knight that I had sacrificed. I now have a winning endgame, since I have a passed pawn and a better pawn structure.
