Desperado (2)
Another lesson about desperado moves. Recklessly grabbing pieces (and getting points!) with a piece that you are going to lose anyway.
In the previous lesson about the desperado you could capture the attacking piece with check. Now you have to do it without check.
Take a look at the example to see how this works.
What do you have to do?
Use the attacked piece to capture an enemy piece (and get points!). In the next move, capture an unprotected/valuable piece.
White 's rook has a nice threat on the undefended black knight.
But the black bishop can take the white knight.
White can't do anything against that bishop.
He could move away the knight to a save square, but then Black can also bring his knight to safety.
In this situation, White does not profit from his threat (taking the knight with the rook).
But White sees a smart move: he does not move his knight to a safe square, but takes the bishop on b6 (Nc4xb6): grab what you can!
See how it works?
If Black takes back, White captures the knight on f6: White has 6 points, Black only 3.
If Black brings his knight to safety, White moves his own knight to a safe square: White has 3 points, Black has 0.
In this position, White could also think of another move.
Namely, Nc4-d6: White removes the knight and attacks the rook at the same.
This way, White is still threatening to take the black knight and he has solved a problem (the white knight is now safe).
However, this move does not score any points for White.
Do you see why not?
Black can play the rook to f8. Not only is the rook safe there, but it also guards the black knight.
White no longer has any use for his threat.
