Medium Chess Puzzle # 0093

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

Puzzle No : 0093

Difficulty level : medium

Description : Gain opponent’s queen in 2 moves

Next Move : White

Player level : Intermediate

Medium chess puzzle 0093

At this puzzle, next move is by White. The objective of the puzzle is to gain opponent’s queen in 2 moves.

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This is the initial board position of medium chess puzzle 0093.

Move by white

your rook sacrifices itself to deflect the opponent’s king to d8 by giving a check

Move by black

this is a zugzwang move as this forces opponent’s king to respond. opponent’s king captures your rook as this is the only legal move available.

Move by white

your knight forks opponent’s king and queen.

Move by black

opponent’s king escapes from the check threat by moving to e8

Move by white

your knight captures opponents hanging queen. this is how you can gain opponent’s queen in 3 moves.

Ganesh

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

Rd8+ - Your rook sacrifices itself to deflect the opponent’s king to d8 by giving a check
Kxd8 - This is a zugzwang move as this forces opponent’s king to respond. Opponent’s king captures your rook as this is the only legal move available.
Nc6+ - Your knight forks opponent’s king and queen.
Ke8 - Opponent’s king escapes from the check threat by moving to e8
Nxe5 - Your knight captures opponents hanging queen. This is how you can gain opponent’s queen in 3 moves.
For right move - Your strategy works well. Keep it up.
For wrong move - You could have sacrificed your rook to gain the opponent’s queen. Try again