Hard Chess Puzzle # 0138

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 : 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.

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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