Hard Chess Puzzle # 0087

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 : 0087

Difficulty level : hard

Description : Gain opponent’s queen

Next Move : White

Player level : Advanced

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Hard chess puzzle 0087

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Solution to hard chess puzzle 0087

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

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Solution 1

Initial board position

This is the initial board position of hard chess puzzle 0087.

Move 1

Move by white

Nf7 - Your knight moves to f7 and targets h8 to have a checkmate in next move. This sacrifice is a decoy move since this forces the king to capture your knight.

Move 2

Move by black

Kxf7 - Opponent's king captures your knight. This is a zugzwang move since the king is forced.

Move 3

Move by white

Bxd5+ - Your bishop captures opponents knight and it is giving check to opponent's king. Your bishop forks opponent's king and queen.

Move 4

Move by black

Qxd5 - This is a desparado move since the opponent wants to make a maximum loss to you before losing their queen

Move 5

Move by white

cxd5 - Your pawn captures the opponent's hanging queen.. This is how you can gain opponent's queen.

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Right moves for the solution to the hard chess puzzle 0087

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

Nf7, Bxd5+, cxd5

Explanation for the moves

Nf7 - Your knight moves to f7 and targets h8 to have a checkmate in next move. This sacrifice is a decoy move since this forces the king to capture your knight.
Kxf7 - Opponent’s king captures your knight. This is a zugzwang move since the king is forced.
Bxd5+ - Your bishop captures opponents knight and it is giving check to opponent’s king. Your bishop forks opponent’s king and queen.
Qxd5 - This is a desparado move since the opponent wants to make a maximum loss to you before losing their queen
cxd5 - Your pawn captures the opponent’s hanging queen.. This is how you can gain opponent’s queen.
For right move - You utilised the opportunity effectively by sacrificing your knight. You are a good observer
For wrong move - Dont lose hope. You can do better. Try again.