Check, Reply, Mate
Part of the Tactics section of Coddy's Chess journey. Lesson 38 of 48.
Two moves ahead sounds hard. It is not, if the first move is forcing: a check leaves so few answers that you can see the next position before it appears. Play the check, name the forced reply, and mate in the position that follows. Two moves, one line of thought.
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