Chapter 24: Rook Decoy Sacrifice on h7
I am reading How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler. I am blogging to create supporting puzzles in studying the content.
An attacker's
and both
s are with throwing in with an open or semi-open h-file and the f7-point is attacked
and defended only by
. There are three
stages:
is sacrificed on h7, forcibly decoying
to the h-file.- Once
leaves the defense of f7,
gives check. - The remaining
delivers checkmate on the h-file.
102) Practice the
sacrifice to nudge
away from the f7
, then
completes the lethal series of forced moves.