Here’s an interesting situation which came up in a game the other day, a sort of “buy-one-get-one-free” of Crazyhouse tactics:

Black seemingly sacs a bishop for the f2 pawn – which is standard procedure, but usually you’d want a little more material in pocket before doing this (otherwise, White will just capture it and then fortify with some pawn drops). However, there is a trick here. What is Black planning?

Answer below the jump.

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