Exercises — attaque-du-roque

Without its bishop, the fianchetto is just a g6 pawn in front of empty dark squares. Your h5 pawn can hit it, with your rook waiting behind. Don't be afraid to open lines — or to let something be taken.

• attaque-du-roque
• fianchetto
• colonne-h
• mat
• pion

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3 moves

Your rook is already aimed at h8 — but two pawns block the file, one of them yours. Black's king has no free square. How do you make Black open the file for you?

• attaque-du-roque
• sacrifice
• colonne-h
• mat
• cavalier

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2 moves

There's no black knight on f6 to guard h7 any more, and your e5 pawn stops one from coming back. If the black king gets dragged out of its shelter, which piece can check it straight away — and which one arrives on the h-file after that?

• attaque-du-roque
• sacrifice
• fou
• cavalier
• dame

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3 moves

Black's king hasn't a single square: g8 and h7 are covered, and the g7 pawn can't step forward to make one. All that's missing is a piece on the h-file. Your rook can't get there directly… but it can take the long way round.

• attaque-du-roque
• tour
• mat

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2 moves