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Sunday Chess Puzzle, December 19

Dec 19, 2021
tags: chess

Today's chess puzzle is more open-ended than usual.

Chess Problem
White to play

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?