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Train/The Cutoff That Arrives One Tempo Late

The Cutoff That Arrives One Tempo Late

Same wrong bishop, but now you are trying to win. The cutoff move Bh7 is the right idea, and in the next position it wins. Here it misses by one tempo, because your king starts on c2, not d2.

Play for time (Défi)