Easy Chess Puzzle # 0103

Solve this easy chess puzzle and improve your chess games through improvement of your chess strategies and chess tactics.

Puzzle No : 0103

Difficulty level : Easy

Description : Gain opponent’s queen

Next Move : White

Player level : Beginner

Easy chess puzzle 0103

At this puzzle, next move is by White. The objective of the puzzle is to gain opponent’s queen.

See the interactive solution at the puzzle page

This is the initial board position of easy chess puzzle 0103.

Move by black

opponent’s queen moves to f3 and blocks the check threat from your hanging queen.

Move by white

your rook captures pawn and gives check to opponent. your rook now forks opponent’s king and queen

Move by black

opponent’s king captures your hanging pawn. they can’t capture your rook by the queen as it is pinned to their king.

Move by white

your rook captures opponents hanging queen since the support to their queen is lost.. this is how you can gain opponent’s queen.

Ganesh

Based on the objective of the puzzle, you have to make the right moves. Following are the right moves

Qf3 - Opponent’s queen moves to f3 and blocks the check threat from your hanging queen.
Rxg3+ - Your rook captures pawn and gives check to opponent. Your rook now forks opponent’s king and queen
Kxh2 - Opponent’s king captures your hanging pawn. They can’t capture your rook by the queen as it is pinned to their king.
Rxf3 - Your rook captures opponents hanging queen since the support to their queen is lost.. This is how you can gain opponent’s queen.
For right move - You gained the queen after removing support to it through a fork. Keep up the good work
For wrong move - You underestimated the power of pin and fork. Do not give up.