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Chess Oracle’s Riddle Series (4)

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Riddle series, week four. Dropping four new ultra-minimal challenges.

#Riddle 1
Two pieces, same line.
The front moves.
The back falls.

What forces the stronger piece to move, and exposes the one behind?

  • Skewer - A tactic that attacks two pieces in a line. The more valuable one moves, revealing the weaker target.

#Riddle 2
Eyes where they shouldn’t be.
A single move
pulls attention away.

What wins by pulling a defender of its task?

  • Deflection - A tactic that lures a defending piece away from its duty.

#Riddle 3
Too much to defend.
One piece can’t hold.
Collapse begins.

What wins by forcing one piece to guard too many threats?

  • Overload - A piece is forced to defend too much at once and can’t respond to every threat.

#Riddle 4
Unshaken.
Unmoved.
A piece rooted in enemy ground.

What gives a piece strength deep inside the enemy lines?

  • Outpost - A square in enemy territory where a piece (often a knight) can’t be easily challenged.