Devious Discoveries: The Hard Puzzles

Devious Discoveries:  The Hard Puzzles...by Mrs Jessica Prescott (aka BoundingOwl)

Hello chessers!  You must now be tactical experts.  Fortunately (or unfortunately?) you can always get better.  Here follows The Hard Puzzles.  They will be a mix of discovered checks and discovered attacks.  So please do these puzzles first, and watch this video.  Check your score at the bottom!

 

No helpsies!

1.)  White to move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.)  White to move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.)  White to move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                 

Remember:	Look for pieces lined up!
Look for forcing moves!	Look for hanging pieces!

 

 

 

 

4.)   Black to move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.) White to move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.)  White to move.  Trophy-level!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How many did you get right?

1/6  Ok.  You are a pawn.  Maybe one day you will be a queen.  

2/6  You are a knight.  Hop back to the video to make sure you know your stuff.

3/6  You are a bishop.  You are only slightly better than a knight, sometimes.

4/6  You are a rook.  You like open files.  Slide back over the puzzles to get a better score next time.

5/6  You are a queen.  Queens are super powerful.  But you are still mortal.

6/6  You are the king!  No one can touch you!  You are invincible!

If you are a queen or a king you may continue to the next puzzle set...the HARDER puzzles.