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A clear topic explanation
Practice puzzles
A daily challenge puzzle
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1️⃣ Three piece coordination
Explanation:
Here, in the below puzzles, you will be using three pieces in a combination to either checkmate or win materials.
Example Puzzle:
White to Play
Here, in the above puzzle, White can play Bf7 forcing black king to capture the bishop and then white can capture Rc7 forcing black queen to capture on C7. Now, white can play Qh7 to do a skewer and win the queen on c7.
Bf7 Kf7 Rc7 Qc7 Qh7 Kf8 Qc7 wins the queen
2️⃣ Practice Puzzles
Instructions:
Try to solve the puzzles without moving the pieces.
Write down your solutions before checking the solution at the bottom
Puzzle Set:
Puzzle 1: White to play and win
White to play
Puzzle 2: White to play and win
White to play
Puzzle 3: White to play and win
White to play
Puzzle 4: Black to play and win
Black to play
3️⃣ Solutions
1. Re6 Qe6 Rh6 wins the rook or Re6 Re6 B6 Kb6 Rh6 Rh6 Qe7 wins via cross pin or Re6 Re6 B6 Kb8 Rh8 wins
2. Ne5 Ke7 Bd8 Kd8 Nf7 wins the queen via fork or Ne5 Kf6 Bd8 wins the queen via skewer or Ne5 Kg8 Ra8 Kh7 Rh8 Kh8 Nf7 wins the queen via fork or Ne5 Ke8/Kf8 Ra8 Ke7 Bd8 wins the queen via skewer
3. Rd7 Qd7 Ne5 Qd6 Qd4 Qd6 Nc6 wins the queen back via fork
4. Qg1 Ka2 Ra3 ba3 Nc3 wins queen via fork or Qg1 Ka2 Ra3 Ka3 Qa1 Kb3/Kb4 Qa4#
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Chess players with 20+ years of playing experience
FIDE Peak Rating: 2086 - Karthik, 1815 - Kishore
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