Hard Chess Puzzle # 0101

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 : 0101

Difficulty level : hard

Description : Remove opponent’s rook

Next Move : Black

Player level : Advanced

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Hard chess puzzle 0101

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Solution to hard chess puzzle 0101

At this puzzle, next move is by Black. The objective of the puzzle is to remove opponent’s rook.

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Solution 1

Initial board position

This is the initial board position of hard chess puzzle 0101.

Move 1

Move by white

opponent wants to stop the promotion of your pawn.

Move 2

Move by black

your queen sacrifices itself to capture the rook in next move. the queen also forks the king and rook

Move 3

Move by white

opponent captures the queen as this is a gain for them

Move 4

Move by black

your bishop moves to a5 and gives check to opponent. it also has an x-ray attack on the opponent’s rook. opponent’s king can’t capture your bishop since it is supported by king.

Move 5

Move by white

opponent’s king escapes from the check threat by moving to a3

Move 6

Move by black

your bishop captures opponents hanging rook through a skewer attack. now you can promote your pawn to a queen. this is how you can remove opponent’s rook.

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Right moves for the solution to the hard chess puzzle 0101

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

Qxb4+, Ba5+, Bxe1

Explanation for the moves

Re1 - Opponent wants to stop the promotion of your pawn.
Qxb4+ - Your queen sacrifices itself to capture the rook in next move. The queen also forks the king and rook
Kxb4 - Opponent captures the queen as this is a gain for them
Ba5+ - Your bishop moves to a5 and gives check to opponent. It also has an x-ray attack on the opponent’s rook. Opponent’s king can’t capture your bishop since it is supported by king.
Ka3 - Opponent’s king escapes from the check threat by moving to a3
Bxe1 - Your bishop captures opponents hanging rook through a skewer attack. Now you can promote your pawn to a queen. This is how you can remove opponent’s rook.
For right move - You used skewer attack to remove the opponent’s rook. Keep it up
For wrong move - You could have sacrificed the queen to remove the rook. You missed it. Try again