Step by Step: Tactics #60
By Mark Donlan
Step by Step: Tactics is designed to test and improve your basic tactical skills. For best results, play the position out over-the-board and think for as long as you need without moving the pieces. You can also print out this page and use it as a workbook exercise in a classroom setting.
After the moves 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bd7 7.Nf3 Bc6 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Bg5 Bxf3, how did White win?
[FEN “rn2kb1r/pp3ppp/4pq2/6B1/3P4/3B1b2/PP3PPP/R2QK2R w KQkq – 0 11”]
Circle the type of tactics that were involved in this puzzle:
- Checkmate
- Deflection
- Discovered Attack
- Double Attack
- En Prise
- Fork
- Pin
- Removing the Guard
- Skewer
- Trapped Piece
Gamback,B (2167) – Dochev,D (2382)
3rd Open Glyfada GRE (6), 05.09.2001
French Tarrasch [C07]
11.Qc1! leaves the black queen trapped on f6.
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