Chess Strategy: The Chess Formula Tactic “The Lesser of 2 Pieces”
Chess Strategy: The Chess Formula Tactic “The Lesser of 2 Pieces”
I recently played a chess match that resulted in my opponent resigning after using 2 tactic’s from our E-Book “The Chess Formula”, which teaches the top tactic’s in chess. The tactic used in this match is known as “The Lesser of 2 Pieces”, which is when 2 high ranking chess pieces are on the same horizontal line of the chessboard, and only 1 space apart. The tactic is placing a pawn protected by one if its own pieces between the 2 high ranking chess pieces, forcing your opponent to lose a high ranking piece to a pawn.
After this tactic, my opponent was then placed in what’s called the “Shield Capture”, which is also covered in The Chess Formula. This is when a high ranking piece is in front of the King, and cannot move, forcing it to be captured. In this chess match, it was the queen that was placed as the shield.
What’s great about The Chess Formula, is the E-Book not only makes players aware of all of these tactic’s, but also educates how to use them, and prevent them from happening to you while you play.
Let’s take a look below:
“The Lesser of 2 Pieces” is beginning to move into place..
The rook is moved for additional protection. This move ends up being the winning play.
Pawn is placed between both pieces. Protected by the dark knight, light player is forced to lose one of its 2 high ranking pieces to a pawn.
Opponent moved queen.
Knight is captured. Opponent is now placed in the tactic known as “Shield Capture”, with the queen in front of the King, and the dark rook in the line of capture. With the rook protected by the dark knight, the player will now lose its queen and chooses to resign.
Learn More:
Learn Chess 101: Learn How to Play Chess, the Rules of Chess & Basic Chess Strategy
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Learn How to Correctly Set Up a Chessboard
Learn How to Castle in Chess
Learn How to Perform the En Passant Capture in Chess
How to Checkmate in 2 Moves (Fool’s Mate)
How to Checkmate in 3 Moves
How to Checkmate in 4 Moves (Scholar’s Mate)
