Medium Chess Puzzle # 0109

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

Puzzle No : 0109

Difficulty level : medium

Description : Gain opponent’s rook

Next Move : Black

Player level : Intermediate

Medium chess puzzle 0109

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

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This is the initial board position of medium chess puzzle 0109.

Move by white

opponent made mistake. they threatens your knight with a pawn but removed the support to their knight.

Move by black

after the capture, your knight forks opponent’s king and queen. this is a sacrifice to remove the support to their rook.

Move by white

opponent’s does not want to lose their queen. hence they capture your knight using their bishop.

Move by black

since the support to the rook is removed, your rook 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

c3 - Opponent made mistake. They threatens your knight with a pawn but removed the support to their knight.
Nxd3+ - After the capture, your knight forks opponent’s king and queen. This is a sacrifice to remove the support to their rook.
Bxd3 - Opponent’s does not want to lose their queen. Hence they capture your knight using their bishop.
Rxf4 - Since the support to the rook is removed, your rook captures opponents hanging rook. This is how you can gain opponent’s rook.
For right move - Good moves. you sacrificed a knight to gain the rook
For wrong move - Your could have sacrificed your knight to gain opponent’s rook. Try again