How to Beat Anyone At Chess by Ethan Moore

Author:Ethan Moore
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: F+W Media

White sets up a double check that is most efficient.

If Black takes the bait with 15. ... Nxf4, we get 16. Nf6#. This is a checkmate even though both checking pieces are en prise. Remarkable! Furthermore, if Black wants to wait a move to take the bait, we get 15. ... Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxf4 17. Bxc6#.

This is another checkmate while both checking pieces remain en prise.

Pin

This is a weapon that requires two enemy pieces on the same line with a friendly long-range piece. Instead of two good guys and one bad guy on the line, as in a discovered attack, we have one good guy holding two bad guys hostage. Well, only one of them is actually held hostage, but they both have to be there.

The pin is more akin to a wrestling pin than to a sewing pin. In it, one friendly long-range piece looks at a powerful enemy piece with a less powerful enemy piece shielding it.

Here’s an example of a pin early in the game.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4.

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