Hit, Miss or Trap? LEVEL 1: Answers
Hit, Miss or Trap? LEVEL 1: Answers
LEVEL 1
12 Mate + Pin = Mate = Fork + Fork Pin + Net = UnderminingFork = Pin Discovery + 1Bxg3+ 2.hxg3 Qxg3# (or Qxg3+ first) 1.Bc5 Rxe1+ 2.Rxe1 Qf7= 1.Qg8+ Rxg8 2.Nf7+ is not mate: 2Nxf7 1.Nxc7+ is a simple fork 1.Nxf7? Rhf8! pins and wins 1.Bb5! pins and wins 1.g3 Qg6+! e.g. 2.Qc2 Be7 escapes the net 1.Rxb6 axb6 2.Qxd6 Qxa2# 1. Nd6+ Bxd6= Tricky: 1.Nxd4? cxd4 2.Bxc3 Qd7!! 1Bxf2+ and 2Rxa5 wins
Answers
13 No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Theme Net + Mate Take for Nothing + Decoy = Undermining= Take for Nothing = Decoy + Discovery = Undermining+ Net Discovery Analysis 1.Ng3! 1.Bh6? Qa1+ 2.Qxa1 Rxa1+ 3.Bc1 Rxc1# 1.Qxa5! wins 1.Rxg7+ and 2.Rg1 Qxg1+ is at best a draw 1.Bxc6 Qxd1+! Nothing works 1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 2.Nf8+ and 3.Nxd7 1.Nc3+ and 2.Nxe4 is still just a draw 1.Bxc6! and 2.Nxe5 wins 1.c5? allows 1Qa2# 1.Ng6+? Kd8 2.Nxh8?? Qxh2# 24 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Take for Nothing - I watched this happen: .Qxh4? Qc3+ 2.Ka2 Qxd2+ Decoy 1.f6? Bxf6 2.Bxd6? exd6 3.Rxf6?? is clever but 3Rc1+ 4.Rf1 Rxf1 is mate!
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