Eureka ChessChess tactics: pins, forks, skewers and mates
Watch each tactic in a famous game, play it on the board, then solve real puzzles
Three short lessons for players who know how the pieces move. Watch each tactic in a narrated game, play it yourself on the board, then solve three puzzles from Lichess that are marked as you go: pins and forks, skewers and discovered attacks, and the back-rank and smothered mates.
- units
- 2
- lessons
- 3
About the course
Three short lessons for players who know how the pieces move. Watch each tactic in a narrated game, play it yourself on the board, then solve three puzzles from real games that are marked as you go.
What you practise
- Pins and forks
- Skewers and discovered attacks
- Back-rank mate
- Smothered mate
What you’ll learn
- Win a piece with a pin, a fork, a skewer or a discovered attack
- Give a back-rank mate and a smothered mate
- Solve marked puzzles from real games on Lichess
Is it right for you?
Players who know how the pieces move and want to start winning pieces and games.
What you need first
- How each piece moves
What the course covers
Winning material
2 lessons- Pins and forks
- Skewers and discovered attacks
Checkmate patterns
1 lesson- Back-rank and smothered mates