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Back Rank Revisited

Part of the Tactics section of Coddy's Chess journey. Lesson 31 of 48.

You glance at your own back rank every game now. Real opponents leave a guard on the mate square - and a guarded mate square is not a mate square yet. Remove the guard, drag it, or overload it, and do it with check when you can: a quiet capture hands them one pawn-step of air.

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The starting position.

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1Free Pieces

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4Skewers and Discoveries

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7Mate in Two

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2The Fork

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5Removing the Defender

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8Winning Endgames

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3The Pin

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6Mate Patterns

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