Medium Chess Puzzle # 0101

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

Puzzle No : 0101

Difficulty level : medium

Description : Gain opponent’s rook

Next Move : White

Player level : Intermediate

Medium chess puzzle 0101

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 0101.

Move by black

opponent’s rook sacrifices itself for an advantage. if you capture the rook with your king, they will capture your knight and then promote their pawn

Move by white

your knight forks opponent’s rook and king

Move by black

opponent’s king escapes from the check threat by moving to h5

Move by white

your knight captures opponent’s hanging rook. now your can move your knight and block the opponent’s pawn from getting promotion. 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

Rxe5 - Opponent’s rook sacrifices itself for an advantage. If you capture the rook with your king, they will capture your knight and then promote their pawn
Nf7+ - Your knight forks opponent’s rook and king
Kh5 - Opponent’s king escapes from the check threat by moving to h5
Nxe5 - Your knight captures opponent’s hanging rook. Now your can move your knight and block the opponent’s pawn from getting promotion. This is how you can gain opponent’s rook.
For right move - Your fork was excellent that helped you gained the rook. Keep it up
For wrong move - You should not hesitate to fork the opponent’s king to gain the rook.