Zwischenzug

  • The zwischenzug is a chess tactic in which a player, instead of playing the expected move (commonly a recapture ), first interposes another move posing an immediate threat that the opponent must answer, and only then plays the expected move

 Time to practice! White to move and win. The 4th puzzle is black to move and win.

Answers in the next section 

1. Qb5

1. Qb5

2. _____

2. _____

3. _____

3. _____

4. Nc5 ___ Black to move

4. Nc5 ___ Black to move

 Answers

  1. Qb5 (example)

  2. Nd5

    1. Nd5, QxQd3

    2. NxBe7+, Kh8

    3. RxQd3

  3. Qh6+ followed by BxQb5

    1. If white does BxQb5 first, black can respond with Bf5+ (discovered check by the rook) and capture the white queen

  4. … Nxd4

Next

Decoys