Homework 7
In every position given below these ideas can help you find the solution
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White sacrifices a Rook to lure opponent's King into a mate (2 moves). If Rook is not taken Black loses a Rook on a8 to a skewer. |
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White skewers opponent's King to a Rook and if Queen blocks another skewer on Queen and Rook forces Black to exchange Queens leading to another skewer. |
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One precise check and Black King is forced to go to a square where it gets skewered to a Queen on b3. |
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Black King on e8 is not castled and his opponent uses this to attack undefended Knight on c5. Any attempt to defend it leads to a skewer that loses a Rook. |
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Black Queen (and Bishop) does a couple of checks and a couple of skewers and White King is forced to abandon his defense of the Queen. |
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Queen sacrifice and a couple of checks and skewers later Black emerges with an extra Rook. |
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Qh7+ does not win the Queen on d7 since it is well protected now only if we could lure it to c7 where it would be all alone. |
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If you can force the Black King to f5 there is skewer. Find a way to force the king to f5 and find the skewer. |
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Queen check from behind leads the Black King to a square where it gets skewered or checkmated. |