
Testing your Skills

Advanced Tactics
White to move and mate in 3
Qd8 +, KxQd8
Bg5 +, Ke8
Rd8 #
White to move and win
Qh8

Additional Puzzles

1. _____

2. _____

3. _____
Answers
Be6+
Be6 +, KxBe6
Qe8 + followed by d5 #
Qe3+
Qe3+, Kh8
RxBb7, KxRb7
Bh6+, Kh8
BxRc8 (white is up a piece and threatens mate with Qf6+ followed by Qg7#)
Kg7
Kg7, h4
Kf6, h3
Ke7, h2
If black plays …Kb6 instead, you play Kd6 and then push the pawn
Playing 3. Ke6 is a mistake since: 3. …h2; c7, h1 = Q; c8 = Q, Qh3+ and black wins with a skewer to capture the white queen
Playing 3. Ke5 is a mistake since: 3. …h2; c7, Kb7 and black can queen his pawn safely
c7, h1 = Q
c8 = Q