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White wins the Queen & a Bishop for a Rook in 3 moves.

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Chess Tactics For Students

Chapter 7 DISCOVERED ATTACKS – INTRODUCTION

A DISCOVERED ATTACK occurs when a piece moves and uncovers an attack by a piece behind it. Both pieces attack different enemy pieces at the same time. Some Discovered Attacks can be simple, as shown in Diagram 187. Others take two or more moves to set up.

Next, Diagram 212 DISCOVERED ATTACKS:

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Chess Tactics For Students is a workbook for intermediate and advanced students containing 434 carefully selected problems in worksheet format. Chess Tactics has been extensively field tested with elementary, middle-school, and high-school students over a four-year period.

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Answer – Diagram 211:

1. Rxc8+                  Kxc8

2. Be6+                    K moves

3. Qxc5


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