Overloading

  • Overloading (also overworking) is a chess tactic in which a defensive piece is given an additional defensive assignment which it cannot complete without abandoning its original defensive assignment.

  • A piece that has too many things to do is “overloaded.”

 Time to practice! White to move and win. The third puzzle is black to move and win.

Answers in the next section

1. ___ RxBd4

1. ___ RxBd4

2. _____

2. _____

3. _____ Black to move

3. _____ Black to move

4. _____

4. _____

 Answers

  1. RxBd4

  2. Rc1

  3. ___ Rc8

  4. BxNe7

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