Sharpen
up your mental reflexes with these basic
yet juicy tactical tests.
1) Unprotected enemy pieces often lead to surprising tactical possibilities.
WHITE TO MOVE
2) When the enemy King doesn’t
have a legal move, any check could easily
end the game!
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3) Black’s a pawn up
for nothing and seems safe, right? Wrong!
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4) Once again, if the enemy
King has no legal moves, bad things can happen!
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5) Is it time for Black to
give up?
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6) Two pawns down, White shows
that he’s not dead yet!
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7) Black intends to fianchetto
his Bishop on g7, but he’s in for a
surprise.
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8) In this position, should
Black play 1…e6, 1…Ngf6, or 1…g6?
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9) Can Black safely eat the
pawn on c5?
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10) Black has lots of good
moves here. However, 1…Nxe4 is very
tempting. Should Black take that pawn?
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