Exercises — cavalier

Look for the square where the knight attacks the king and the queen at once. Check that it is defended there before you jump.

• fourchette
• cavalier
• tactique

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2 moves

The same shape as the royal fork, for a smaller prize. Find the knight square that touches both black pieces at once.

• fourchette
• cavalier
• tactique

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2 moves

A knight jumps in an L. Find the square from which one jump would touch both the king and the queen: the king must answer, and the queen will still be sitting there.

• fourchette
• cavalier
• tactique

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2 moves

Before you check, count the squares the king can go to. The knight already covers two. If only one is left, look at what is waiting for him there.

• mat
• echec
• cavalier
• dame

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Your knight is dreaming of a square where it would check the king and attack the queen at once. That square only works if the king is somewhere else — so move him.

• attraction
• sacrifice
• fourchette
• cavalier

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3 moves

Your rook and the black king are on the same file, with just one piece between them — yours. Where should it go so that leaving is worth something?

• decouverte
• cavalier
• tour
• tactique

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Against a double check you can neither capture nor block: the king simply has to move. Find the square where your knight gives check as well — and see what else it attacks from there.

• decouverte
• echec-double
• cavalier
• tactique

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2 moves

The black king is already nearly shut in by his pawns. One square is left — and his own rook can come and block it, if you make it.

• mat
• attraction
• sacrifice
• cavalier
• etouffe

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