A to Z Chess Tactics by George Huczek

Author:George Huczek
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781849944861
Publisher: Pavilion Books
Published: 2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00

White continues making progress in a similar way until the queen reaches the open h-file.

3 ♕d4 ♔b1 4 ♕e4+ ♔a1 5 ♕e5 ♔b1 6 ♕f5+ ♔a1 7 ♕f6 ♔b1 8 ♕g6+ ♔a1 9 ♕g7 ♔b1 10 ♕h7+ ♔a1 11 ♕h8

11...♔b1 12 ♕h1#

Here is another example. This time it is the king that uses the staircase manoeuvre.

White exploits the confined location of Black’s king to march up the staircase.

1 ♔g2

If White’s king does not block the h1-a8 diagonal Black would not have any legal moves. The game would be a draw by stalemate.

1...♘d6 2 ♔f2+ ♘b7 3 ♔f3 ♘d6 4 ♔e3+ ♘b7 5 ♔e4 ♘d6+ 6 ♔d4+ ♘b7 7 ♔d5 ♘a5 8 ♔d6+ ♘b7+

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