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Rating 1044Black to move. Find the best move.
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Black to move. Find the best move.
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Trapped piece puzzles
A trapped piece has no safe square. Attack it and it is lost, even though it has not been captured yet.
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How to trap a piece
- Count the escape squaresA piece on the edge or deep in your position often has only one or two exits.
- Close the door firstTake away the last safe square, then attack the piece.
- The usual victimsA knight on the rim, a bishop behind enemy pawns and a queen that grabbed a pawn get trapped most.