Sunday Chess Puzzle, December 19
Dec 19, 2021
tags: chess
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Today's chess puzzle is more open-ended than usual.
![White to play Chess Problem](/static/62bd34dcbe440e8a191d926b47b577d9/8c557/weekly_puzzle_2021_12_19.png)
I played white, and in this position I had the move. In the previous move, black's knight moved captured the white rook on a1. This puts black up a rook and a pawn for a knight (since white could now easily take the black knight). However, white has the possibility to play for material himself with Bb5+. Does this attack succeed in equalizing material, and if so, how much?