#Checkmate in 4 moves puzzle free

Clearance 49,502 A move, often with tempo, that clears a square, file or diagonal for a follow-up tactical idea. AdvancedĪttraction 123,545 An exchange or sacrifice encouraging or forcing an opponent piece to a square that allows a follow-up tactic. Trapped piece 53,733 A piece is unable to escape capture as it has limited moves. Skewer 80,533 A motif involving a high value piece being attacked, moving out the way, and allowing a lower value piece behind it to be captured or attacked, the inverse of a pin. Sacrifice 256,356 A tactic involving giving up material in the short-term, to gain an advantage again after a forced sequence of moves. Queenside attack 48,039 An attack of the opponent's king, after they castled on the queen side.

Pin 232,725 A tactic involving pins, where a piece is unable to move without revealing an attack on a higher value piece. Kingside attack 279,252 An attack of the opponent's king, after they castled on the king side.

#Checkmate in 4 moves puzzle free

Hanging piece 157,574 A tactic involving an opponent piece being undefended or insufficiently defended and free to capture. Fork 525,830 A move where the moved piece attacks two opponent pieces at once. Exposed king 98,504 A tactic involving a king with few defenders around it, often leading to checkmate.

Double check 17,356 Checking with two pieces at once, as a result of a discovered attack where both the moving piece and the unveiled piece attack the opponent's king. Discovered attack 207,302 Moving a piece that previously blocked an attack by another long range piece, such as a knight out of the way of a rook. Capture the defender 31,112 Removing a piece that is critical to defense of another piece, allowing the now undefended piece to be captured on a following move. Attacking f2 or f7 20,543 An attack focusing on the f2 or f7 pawn, such as in the fried liver opening. Advanced pawn 196,563 One of your pawns is deep into the opponent position, maybe threatening to promote.