Decoy

in chess •  3 years ago 

Decoy is a tactic where you force a piece to a square that it doesn't want to be on. This can be used to remove a defender, lure a piece into a fork or even lure a king into checkmate.

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White could play Queen to h7 but then the black king escapes to the f8 square, if only black king would be in h8 it would be checkmate.

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So White lures the king into H8 by moving the rook to h8.

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And now it is checkmate

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