The Overloaded Piece
Part of the Tactics section of Coddy's Chess journey. Lesson 26 of 48.
You have hunted pieces nobody defends; now attack the defenders themselves. A piece doing two jobs at once is overloaded - solid-looking right up to the moment you make it choose. Attack one job and, whichever it saves, you win the other. Attack the job whose loss hurts more.
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Position 1 of 6
WatchOne queen, two jobs. Watch her choose.
The starting position.
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All 6 positions
All lessons in Tactics
1Free Pieces
Hanging PiecesCounting AttackersGood Trades, Bad TradesIs It Safe?Puzzles: Take What Is FreeRecap: Free Pieces2The Fork
One Move, Two ThreatsKnight ForksPawn and Queen ForksSeeing Forks ComingPuzzles: Fork Hunt 1Puzzles: Fork Hunt 2Recap: The Fork5Removing the Defender
The Overloaded PieceCapture the DefenderDeflectionPuzzles: Guard DutyRecap: Removing Defenders