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Windmill Tactic

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In this week's chess tactic we explore the chess tactic known as the windmill. In chess, a windmill is a tactic in which a combination of discovered checks and regular checks, usually by a rook wr.png and a bishop wb.png, often forcing the opposing king bk.png to move back and forth between two squares, resulting in  massive amounts of material being lost. This tactic is also sometimes referred to as a see-saw.

In our example found below, black is at huge material disadvantage. However beginning with wr.png capturing bp.png at b2 giving check to the white's king wk.png , the black king bk.png is force to flee to a8!  White is now poised to activate the windmill tactic! Can you execute a series of moves for white resulting in white gaining the material advantage? Now can you see the reason why this tactic is sometimes called the see-saw tactic wink.png Comment with your moves below. Best wishes and as always, "Think 1st, Move Later!"

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