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8/23/2012 – The move 17...Nc2 unleashes a double attack on White's rook on the edge and forces the answer 18.Ra2 (18.Rb3 Na1!). Thereupon Black wins ... A)... a piece; B)... a pawn; C)... nothing, he must repeat moves with 18...Ncb4. ChessBase Magazine, larger diagram and solution.

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Test your IQ(P) IV

The move 17...Nc2 unleashes a double attack on White's rook on the edge and forces the answer 18.Ra2 (18.Rb3 Na1!). Thereupon Black wins ...

A)... a piece;
B)... a pawn;
C)... nothing, he must repeat moves with 18...Ncb4.

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