Windmill Tactic

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Have anyone heard of the windmill tactic?

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It's a sequence of a discovered check; then a regular check; followed by a discovered check, etc.

 

Avatar of Roberto1956

This is the first time i heard about windwill tactic, but it is very interesting.

Thanks for sharing!

Avatar of gibberishlwmetlkwn

I actually learned about the windmill tactic - or at least the name for it - a few days ago...  Great example Skipp!

 

The windmill tactic is an incredible and ingenious way of getting ahead in material.

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didn't know it had a name...i've been victim of it before

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I got the example from Yassir Seriwan's book "Winning Chess Tactics", which I've been studying; since I'm a rank beginner [at age 57] and am just now trying to learn this fascinating [and frustrating] game. How a game can draw you into it and then make you want to rip out your hair, I'll never understand.

 

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Avatar of Mm40

I feel bad for black in that situation. They lost all of their material and there was nothing they could do.

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Sorry I mean bishopSurprised

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Like I said they were concentrating on their king.Embarassed

I really didn't see that untill I posted it.

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Another flaw with the second example is that ends up as stalemate, best to take Queen with the rook.

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