Mastering Discovered Attacks - Modern Masterpieces #10

In chess, discovered attacks hold a lot of power. To begin, they always require at least two pieces to launch a coordinated attack. One piece to hide behind another, and then the forward piece leaps out of the way to reveal an attack and create a new one.

Given the amount of firepower in a discovered attack, it's pretty hard to surprise an opponent with a discovered attack. Only at the beginning level, will the opponent miss the building idea.

Against an experienced opponent, it's often necessary to sacrifice considerable material to set up a winning discovered attack. One of the most famous and beautiful examples is the magnificent super-miniature Reti vs. Tartakower where Reti sacrificed his queen for a fantastic discovered attack leading to checkmate.

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Today's modern masterpiece sees the always exciting Shakhriyar Mamedyarov unleash a devastating sequence with a knight AND queen sacrifice to create just the THREAT of a discovered attack. Even with a free move, Black (GM Kharlov) is unable to do anything but flee the discovered attack. This allows Mamedyarov to mop up a piece. Even so, in the resulting position, material is equal, but Mamedyarov's pieces dominate in beautiful fashion, and GM Kharlov