Hard Chess Puzzle # 0058

Solve this hard chess puzzle and improve your chess games through improvement of your chess strategies and chess tactics. This hard puzzle is a subset of kids games.

Puzzle No : 0058

Difficulty level : hard

Description : Gain knight

Next Move : White

Player level : Advanced

Short URL for puzzle : https://gbud.in/gkmlfj3

Hard chess puzzle 0058

Solve this hard chess puzzle online with solution

Solution to hard chess puzzle 0058

At this puzzle, next move is by White. The objective of the puzzle is to gain knight.

See the interactive solution at the puzzle page

Solution 1

Initial board position

This is the initial board position of hard chess puzzle 0058.

Move 1

Move by white

Qc4 - Since the knight is hanging, you can capture it with a fork by the rook. But the fork will be stopped by the opponent's rook. This queen's move will pin opponent's rook to their king so that the rook can not move from the present position

Move 2

Move by black

h6 - Since their rook is pinned, your opponent realised that there is a possibility of a back-rank mate. Hence they get a breathing square by moving the pawn

Move 3

Move by white

Re8+ - Through a check, your rook forks opponent's king and knight. Their rook can not block this attack since it is pinned by your queen.

Move 4

Move by black

Kh7 - King escapes from the check threat

Move 5

Move by white

Rxa8 - Your rook captures the opponent's hanging knight. This is how you can gain the knight

Ganesh

Right moves for the solution to the hard chess puzzle 0058

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

Qc4, Re8+, Rxa8

Explanation for the moves

Qc4 - Since the knight is hanging, you can capture it with a fork by the rook. But the fork will be stopped by the opponent’s rook. This queen’s move will pin opponent’s rook to their king so that the rook can not move from the present position
Re8+ - Through a check, your rook forks opponent’s king and knight. Their rook can not block this attack since it is pinned by your queen.
Rxa8 - Your rook captures the opponent’s hanging knight. This is how you can gain the knight
h6 - Since their rook is pinned, your opponent realised that there is a possibility of a back-rank mate. Hence they get a breathing square by moving the pawn
Kh7 - King escapes from the check threat
For right move - You have gained the knight after pinning the rook to the king. It was a good strategy
For wrong move - You could have pinned your opponent’s rook to their king and gained the knight. Try again