Discovered attack puzzles
You move one piece out of the way and a second piece behind it attacks. The piece that moved gets a free move, so it can capture or make a threat of its own while the opponent deals with the piece that was unmasked.
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Black to move. Find the best move.
Black wins in 3 moves. Puzzle rating 1240.
How to spot it
Look for your rook, bishop or queen aimed at a target with one of your own pieces in between. Then ask where that blocking piece could go with a threat.
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