Medium Chess Puzzle # 0090

Solve this medium chess puzzle and improve your chess games through improvement of your chess strategies and chess tactics.

Puzzle No : 0090

Difficulty level : medium

Description : Gain opponent’s rook

Next Move : White

Player level : Intermediate

Medium chess puzzle 0090

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

See the interactive solution at the puzzle page

This is the initial board position of medium chess puzzle 0090.

Move by white

your pawn sacrifices itself by moving forward and threatens opponent’s pawn. if your pawn is not captured it would be promoted to a queen sooner

Move by black

opponent’s pawn captures your pawn.

Move by white

your queen forks opponent’s king and rook after capturing the pawn.

Move by black

opponent’s king moves to f8 to escape from the check threat.

Move by white

your queen captures opponents hanging rook. this is how you can gain opponent’s rook.

Ganesh

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

e6 - Your pawn sacrifices itself by moving forward and threatens opponent’s pawn. If your pawn is not captured it would be promoted to a queen sooner
fxe6 - Opponent’s pawn captures your pawn.
Qxe6+ - Your queen forks opponent’s king and rook after capturing the pawn.
Kf8 - Opponent’s king moves to f8 to escape from the check threat.
Qxd5 - Your queen captures opponents hanging rook. This is how you can gain opponent’s rook.
For right move - You did not hesitate to sacrifice the pawn to gain the rook. Bold moves
For wrong move - You could have forked opponent’s king and rook to gain a rook. Try again