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1️⃣ Luring
Explanation:
In Luring, you attract your opponent’s piece to a bad square by doing a sacrifice generally, so that you can use a tactic to win some materials
Example Puzzle:
White to Play
Here, in the above puzzle, White can play Rb8 forcing black queen to capture the rook on b8 and then white can deliver a knight fork by playing Nd7
Rb8 Qb8 Nd7 fork wins the queen (here we lured the black queen to a bad square b8 by sacrificing our rook on b8)
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 move and lure your opponent rook to a bad square
White to Play
Puzzle 2: White to move and lure your opponent to a bad square
White to Play
Puzzle 3: White to move and lure your opponent to a bad square
White to Play
Puzzle 4: White to move and lure your opponent rook to a bad square
White to Play
3️⃣ Solutions
1. Rb2 Rb2 Bd4 wins the rook back with a fork
2. Qh8 Kh8 Nf7 wins the queen back with a fork
3. Rd7 Kd7 Ne5 wins the black queen via discovered attack
4. Rc7 Rc7 Be5 wins or Rc7 Kf6 Re7 Ke7 Be5 wins
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Chess players with 20+ years of playing experience
FIDE Peak Rating: 2086 - Karthik, 1815 - Kishore
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