Puzzle 53251: White to win
Puzzle 53251: White to win
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Petropolis Interzonal Petropolis (4), 1973 Henrique Mecking (2575) - Tan Lian Ann (2365)
Petropolis Interzonal Petropolis (4), 1973
This is a Chess 960 position. Click your king to see which rooks can castle. Drop the king on the rook to castle.
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Hint
Main motif of this puzzle: Decoy into skewer
A decoy is a sacrifice that lures an opponent's piece to a square where it can be attacked in a subsequent tactic.
An attack on a piece is called a skewer, when moving it out of the attack would expose a piece (of equal or less value) behind it.
Learn more in this guide.
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