Clearance for checkmate attack (2 moves)

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Move one of your pieces out of the way, so a move by another piece is a check that is or leads to checkmate.

Explanation

In "Clearance for checkmate" we saw how to move one piece out of the way for another piece to give checkmate on a subsequent move. In this level you move one piece out of the way, so a subsequent move by another piece is now a check that is or leads to checkmate.

Examples

White can win with 1.Rg3+, forcing the king to h5, and clearing the d1-h5 diagonal, so that 1...Kh5 2.Be2# comes with check and mate.

Sometimes the clearing move can be a sacrifice:

Black can win with the knight sacrifice 1...Ng3+!, opening and clearing the h-file, so that 2.hxg3 Qh6# is check and mate.

A clearance can also be a quiet move, as in the following example:

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