Medium Chess Puzzle # 0118

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

Puzzle No : 0118

Difficulty level : medium

Description : Gain opponent’s queen in 2 moves

Next Move : Black

Player level : Intermediate

Medium chess puzzle 0118

At this puzzle, next move is by Black. 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 0118.

Move by black

this is a discovered attack since the movement of knight results in check from the rook. this knight now targets the queen.

Move by white

this is a zugzwang move as the opponent is forced to respond with other pieces while their queen is trapped and can’t move.

Move by black

your knight captures opponents hanging queen. this is how you can gain opponent’s queen in 2 moves.

Ganesh

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

Nf6+ - This is a discovered attack since the movement of knight results in check from the rook. This knight now targets the queen.
Be2 - This is a zugzwang move as the opponent is forced to respond with other pieces while their queen is trapped and can’t move.
Nxg4 - Your knight captures opponents hanging queen. This is how you can gain opponent’s queen in 2 moves.
For right move - You know how to use a discovered attack. Keep learning new strategies
For wrong move - You should have given a discoverd attack to gain opponent’s queen. Try again