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Puzzle No : 0138
Difficulty level : hard
Description : Gain opponent’s queen in 3 moves
Next Move : White
Player level : Advanced
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Hard chess puzzle 0138
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Solution to hard chess puzzle 0138
At this puzzle, next move is by White. The objective of the puzzle is to gain opponent’s queen in 3 moves.
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Solution 1
Initial board position
This is the initial board position of hard chess puzzle 0138.
Move 1
Move by white
your queen moves to d8 and gives check.
Move 2
Move by black
opponent’s queen move to c8 to block the check threat as this is the only legal move available to avoid back-rank mate.
Move 3
Move by white
your pawn sacrifices itself by giving a check to attract the opponent’s king to move away from the queen.
Move 4
Move by black
this is a zugzwang move as the opponent’s king is forced to leave the queen.
Move 5
Move by white
your queen captures opponents hanging queen. this is how you can gain opponent’s queen in 3 moves.
Right moves for the solution to the hard chess puzzle 0138
Based on the objective of the puzzle, you have to make the right moves. Following are the right moves
- Qd8+, bxa7+, Qxc8
Explanation for the moves
- Qd8+ - Your queen moves to d8 and gives check.
- Qc8 - Opponent’s queen move to c8 to block the check threat as this is the only legal move available to avoid back-rank mate.
- bxa7+ - Your pawn sacrifices itself by giving a check to attract the opponent’s king to move away from the queen.
- Kxa7 - This is a zugzwang move as the opponent’s king is forced to leave the queen.
- Qxc8 - Your queen captures opponents hanging queen. This is how you can gain opponent’s queen in 3 moves.
- For right move - You have done a wonderful job. Keep it up.
- For wrong move - It seems you failed to use the deflection sacrifice of the pawn to gain the queen. Try again
Categories of hard chess puzzle 0138
This hard chess puzzle falls in these categories.
- Hard chess puzzles
- Sacrifice puzzles in chess
- Gain puzzles in chess
- Mate in 3 puzzles in chess
- Endgame puzzles in chess
- Strategy puzzles in chess
- Zugzwang puzzles in chess
- Pawn puzzles in chess
- Queen puzzles in chess
hard chess puzzle 0138 chart
How to view the solution to hard chess puzzle 0138
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How to get help for moves in the hard chess puzzle 0138
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