BroodingSonata wrote:
I see variants of this puzzle pop up quick a bit on the app:
https://i.imgur.com/owxy0Qt.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/wnOTIxf.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/yn1MK8D.jpeg
Black: Knight takes pawn on G3
White: H2 pawn takes knight
Black: Then queen takes rook.
What I don't understand is why does white use the H2 pawn to take the knight, rather than move their rook to G1 out of harm's way? I understand when white's knight is still on G1, blocking the rook in, as it was on earlier iterations of the puzzle. But now whenever I encounter this puzzle the knight is absent. Can anyone explain this to me please?
after Rg1 the knight moves back to where it was, with a discovered check and then the rook has to block on g3 and is lost anyway.
I see variants of this puzzle pop up quick a bit on the app:
https://i.imgur.com/owxy0Qt.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/wnOTIxf.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/yn1MK8D.jpeg
Black: Knight takes pawn on G3
White: H2 pawn takes knight
Black: Then queen takes rook.
What I don't understand is why does white use the H2 pawn to take the knight, rather than move their rook to G1 out of harm's way? I understand when white's knight is still on G1, blocking the rook in, as it was on earlier iterations of the puzzle. But now whenever I encounter this puzzle the knight is absent. Can anyone explain this to me please?