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Unit 4 · Chess tactics
37. The Decoy Tactic and Smothered Mate
Learns to lure an enemy piece onto a bad square.
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Learns to lure an enemy piece onto a bad square.
A decoy forces an enemy piece onto a bad square, usually with a sacrifice. This position has a famous mate: Philidor's legacy, the smothered mate.
Sacrifice the queen on g8! The king can't take because the knight protects g8; the rook has to take and blocks its own king's last escape square.
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