blackmancer wrote:
The following is from a position between above named players. Can someone explain why sacking the rook with check is not the best move as you would pick up the white queen with a discovered attack. Instead the recommended move is move the rook back 1 and expose the queen. Anyone?
r5k1/pb3p1p/5qp1/3pr3/3Q2PP/2N2P2/PP3K2/4RB1R b - - 0 1
If you mean Re2+ it's because the knight captures the rook, defending the queen
The following is from a position between above named players. Can someone explain why sacking the rook with check is not the best move as you would pick up the white queen with a discovered attack. Instead the recommended move is move the rook back 1 and expose the queen. Anyone?
r5k1/pb3p1p/5qp1/3pr3/3Q2PP/2N2P2/PP3K2/4RB1R b - - 0 1