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Puzzle No : 0120
Difficulty level : medium
Description : Gain opponent’s queen
Next Move : White
Player level : Intermediate
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Medium chess puzzle 0120
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Solution to medium chess puzzle 0120
At this puzzle, next move is by White. The objective of the puzzle is to gain opponent’s queen.
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Solution 1
Initial board position
This is the initial board position of medium chess puzzle 0120.
Move 1
Move by white
your rook sacrifices itself and pins the opponent’s queen to their king. opponent’s queen can’t move out of d file since it exposes their king to a check.
Move 2
Move by black
this is a desparado move since the opponent want’s to have a maximum loss to you before losing their queen which will be lost any way since it is pinned.
Move 3
Move by white
by the check your rook has a x-ray attack on opponent’s queen.
Move 4
Move by black
opponent’s king escapes from the check threat by moving to c3.
Move 5
Move by white
your rook captures opponents hanging queen. this is a skewer attack. this is how you can gain opponent’s queen.
Right moves for the solution to the medium chess puzzle 0120
Based on the objective of the puzzle, you have to make the right moves. Following are the right moves
- Rd8, Rd1+, Rxd8
Explanation for the moves
- Rd8 - Your rook sacrifices itself and pins the opponent’s queen to their king. Opponent’s queen can’t move out of d file since it exposes their king to a check.
- Rxd8 - Your rook captures opponents hanging queen. This is a skewer attack. This is how you can gain opponent’s queen.
- Qxd8 - This is a desparado move since the opponent want’s to have a maximum loss to you before losing their queen which will be lost any way since it is pinned.
- Rd1+ - By the check your rook has a x-ray attack on opponent’s queen.
- Kc3 - Opponent’s king escapes from the check threat by moving to c3.
- For right move - You used your rook effectively to gain the queen. Good strategy
- For wrong move - You could have sacrificed the rook to pin the queen. Do not stop trying
Categories of medium chess puzzle 0120
This medium chess puzzle falls in these categories.
- Medium chess puzzles
- Sacrifice puzzles in chess
- Gain puzzles in chess
- Strategy puzzles in chess
- Skewer puzzles in chess
- Pin puzzles in chess
- Rook puzzles in chess
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How to view the solution to medium chess puzzle 0120
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How to get help for moves in the medium chess puzzle 0120
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