Medium Chess Puzzle # 0128

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

Puzzle No : 0128

Difficulty level : medium

Description : Checkmate after a decoy move

Next Move : Black

Player level : Intermediate

Medium chess puzzle 0128

At this puzzle, next move is by Black. The objective of the puzzle is to checkmate after a decoy move.

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This is the initial board position of medium chess puzzle 0128.

Move by black

this is a decoy and sacrifice move that targets the opponent’s queen. at the same time, this move also opened the diagonal for your queen.

Move by white

opponent fell for the trap. they captured your knight withour realising the threat.

Move by black

your queen moves to f1 and checkmate. this is called back-rank mate since the opponent’s king is blocked by friendly pieces. this is how you can checkmate after a decoy move.

Ganesh

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

Nxd4 - This is a decoy and sacrifice move that targets the opponent’s queen. At the same time, this move also opened the diagonal for your queen.
cxd4 - Opponent fell for the trap. They captured your knight withour realising the threat.
Qf1# - Your queen moves to f1 and checkmate. This is called back-rank mate since the opponent’s king is blocked by friendly pieces. This is how you can checkmate after a decoy move.
For right move - You have used the decoy move nicely. Keep it up
For wrong move - You should have moved the knight to have a checkmate in next move. Try again