Tactics 1 x 1

"340 exercises"

Mating Combination:

• Mate in one move
• Mate in two moves

Winning Material in a Tactical Way:

• Pawn fork
• Knight fork
• Double attack (double threat)
• Pin
• Discovered attack
• Encircling, trapping

The major means of tactical blows:

• Deflection: forcing an opposing piece to leave the square, rank or file it occupies, thus exposing the king or a valuable piece.
• Decoying: ensnaring a piece, usually the king or queen, by forcing it to move to a poisoned square with a sacrifice on that square.