Drive Him onto the Line
Part of the Core Motifs section of Coddy's Tactics & Checkmates journey. Lesson 13 of 35.
The skewer is rarely lying there. Usually the king stands one square off the line, and your job is to put him on it: a check he can only answer by stepping onto the file, a capture he must recapture with the king, a piece he cannot refuse. Drive first, skewer second, collect third.
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Position 1 of 7
WatchHis knight is loose, but the king is not on its line yet. Watch.
The starting position.
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