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Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Pia Cramling · 2008 · move 25.
Which move brings the h1-rook onto the b-file behind the rook on b4?
In the first semifinal game of the 2008 women’s world championship, Kosteniuk’s active rooks and bishop create pressure on the b-file before the play shifts to the centre. A bishop capture allows Black to take a rook, but the e-pawn then recaptures and keeps moving. Follow which piece makes the last capture in the sequence.
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