This Community member did not pick his username lightly! Congratulations to @Tal for this brilliant rook sacrifice that won him the game AND our Untitled Tuesday best move of the month prize: 3 months of free Diamond Membership!

The game was played in the Late Untitled Tuesday of July 18th.

See if you can solve the puzzle and find the moves @Tal found with less than a minute on the clock!

22. Rxg8 is the nail in the coffin! Any move that doesn't capture the rook is forced mate for White, and after 22... Qxg6?? White has 23. Qh8#!

So Black wisely chose 22...fxg6, to which White then responded with 23. Bxe6+! Forcing Black to defend with 23... Rf7 (23... Qf7 from black is just M1 with 24. Qh8# from White).

Here, our winner was cold-hearted. Didn't even take back the rook!

Now, can you see the winning move?

Keep voting and submitting your moves, the August title could be yours to claim!

anitta test some stuff

Super Admins