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Chess Moment · Puzzles

Skewers

A skewer attacks the valuable piece in front so the one behind it falls. Twelve positions where a line piece wins material straight through a king.

12 positions · Rated 528 to 1994, easiest first.

The lesson behind it: Pins and skewers

Position 1 · White to move

Rating: 528

Show the solution
  1. YouRa7-a8
  2. OpponentKd8-d7
  3. YouRa8xg8

Open this position on a board

FEN: 3k2r1/R1p5/8/8/PP6/2PK3p/7b/8 w - - 0 32

Position 2 · White to move

Rating: 646

Show the solution
  1. YouRh7-h8
  2. OpponentKf8-e7
  3. YouRh8xa8

Open this position on a board

FEN: r4k2/7R/p1pp2p1/7p/1P6/5P2/P3bP1P/6K1 w - - 0 31

Position 3 · Black to move

Rating: 710

Show the solution
  1. YouRh3-h2
  2. OpponentKf2-f3
  3. YouRh2xc2

Open this position on a board

FEN: 8/p7/7p/2Pk4/P4pP1/7r/2R2K2/8 b - - 3 61

Position 4 · White to move

Rating: 745

Show the solution
  1. YouRg2-g7
  2. OpponentKd7-e6
  3. YouRg7xa7

Open this position on a board

FEN: 8/r2k4/8/2K5/2P5/4p3/6R1/8 w - - 0 47

Position 5 · Black to move

Rating: 787

Show the solution
  1. YouRh6-h4
  2. OpponentKf4-g5
  3. YouRh4xc4

Open this position on a board

FEN: 5k2/6p1/7r/5P2/2Q2K2/8/8/8 b - - 6 57

Position 6 · Black to move

Rating: 839

Show the solution
  1. YouRc5-c2
  2. OpponentKe2-d1
  3. YouRc2xg2

Open this position on a board

FEN: 6k1/8/p5p1/2r2P2/3bp3/8/P3K1RP/5R2 b - - 2 46

Position 7 · Black to move

Rating: 941

Show the solution
  1. YouRf4-f5
  2. OpponentKe5-d4
  3. YouRf5xa5

Open this position on a board

FEN: 8/8/6k1/R3K1P1/p4r2/8/8/8 b - - 3 48

Position 8 · White to move

Rating: 994

Show the solution
  1. YouRb7-f7
  2. OpponentKf5-e4
  3. YouRf7xf2

Open this position on a board

FEN: 8/1R6/1p6/P3pk1p/8/6PK/5r2/8 w - - 0 41

Position 9 · Black to move

Rating: 1138

Show the solution
  1. YouRe8xe6
  2. OpponentQe5xe6
  3. YouBd6xf4

Open this position on a board

FEN: r2qrk2/1bp3pp/p1pbNn2/3pQ3/5B2/8/PPP2PPP/RN3RK1 b - - 7 16

Position 10 · Black to move

Rating: 1277

Show the solution
  1. YouRh3-h2
  2. OpponentKf2-g3
  3. YouRh2xa2

Open this position on a board

FEN: 4r1k1/p5p1/1p2P2p/7P/4P1P1/7r/R4K2/1R6 b - - 2 35

Position 11 · White to move

Rating: 1517

Show the solution
  1. YouRe5-e7
  2. OpponentKd7-c8
  3. YouRe7xc7

Open this position on a board

FEN: 5r1r/ppqk1p2/2p2Q2/3pRP2/2PP4/1B3K2/PP3P2/8 w - - 3 31

Position 12 · Black to move

Rating: 1994

Show the solution
  1. YouRh8-f8
  2. OpponentQf7xh7
  3. YouRf8xf4

Open this position on a board

FEN: 2kr3r/pppqnQ1p/3p4/8/4PB2/8/PPP2PPP/2KR3R b - - 0 14

Where these positions come from

Positions come from the Lichess puzzle database, dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0. Player names and game links are not retained. https://database.lichess.org/#puzzles