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‘The weapons you have for winning material are: make a profitable exchange, capture an unprotected
piece and take a piece which is being attacked twice. Sometimes you have the choice between two
captures. Then you must first look carefully to see what the difference is between these two ways of
capturing. What does your opponent do? Only then do you make up your mind.
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White can capture on 5 with the
bishop or with the knight. Is there
any difference? Of course, since
afier 1. Bd4xc5 White gets a cold
shower I. ... Be6xb3+.
On the right, 1. Qh6xf6 wins a
pawn, But 1. Ng4xf6+ is better
Black has to give up his queen.
‘There is nowhere the king can go.
Capture an unprotected piece
On the left you would prefer to
take on ¢3 with the queen, That
will keep the pawns neatly to-
gether. Unfortunately that doesn’t
work because of 1. ... Qd8-d1#. So
1. bixe3.
On the right, taking on c2 is a good
move. However, taking on ¢7 with
check first is even better.
Choose the correct capture
On the left White has a choice: the
queen or the rook. Naturally, he
first looks to see if he can take the
queen without any problems
Unfortunately not, because then
comes 1. ... RbS-b1#. So White
takes the rook.
On the right, White must take on
€2 with the rook, or else Black
takes the rook on d2.
‘Win without capturing!
On the left, White can take a rook
with check. But after 1. ... Kf8xe8
he no longer wins. Black’s pawns
are too strong, But White gains
material with 1. d7-48Q. Black
can no longer take on d8 because
of the mate.
On the right, taking on £3 gets a
draw. But let’s take another look:
1..... g4-g3# wins!
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How do you get from A to B? In the old days you looked at a map, nowadays you plan your route with
a computer or in the car with a sat-nav. You aiso have to move pieces from one square to another ona
chess board. When you do so you have to take care that your opponent can’t capture one of them. Let’s
practise doing that.
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Move to the correct square
‘You have to move the highlighted
piece safely to the square with the
dot on it. White is the only one to
move. You may not take a piece,
but you must not let your piece be
captured.
Left: Rel-e2-a2-ad-hd
Right: Ba2-£7-h5-e2
You've made it!
Give check
There is never more than one white
piece on the board, Ithas to give
check. Again, only White moves.
Be careful that the piece cannot be
captured on any square. Even cap-
turing is not allowed,
Left: Bf2-e3-e1-a3 check!
Right: Re8-a8-a4-c4 check!
Capture all the black pieces
The white piece must capture all
the black ones as quickly as possi-
ble. In as few moves as possible,
You may not take a piece that is
protected. If, on the left, you play
BaSxd8xf6xg5-d2xe3, that costs 5
moves. BaSxc3xf6xg5xd8 is
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Right: Qe3xe7xg3xg6xhS.
Trap the piece
‘Our opponent wants to move pie-
ces round the board too. We shall
stop him doing so. We can trap his
piece with just one move,
Left: 1. Ne3-d5
Right: 1. Rdl-d4
‘You don’t need to attack the piece!
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