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How to Checkmate your chess opponent in one tricky move

Aug 7, 2008 05:07 PM

Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk gives you one hell of a chess lesson in this video tutorial for the determined. This chess game will show you how to perform a tricky checkmate in one move with a useful moral, presented by guest star Almira Skripchenko.

The apparent answer is moving the White Knight, but that is not the case. It is a classic example of Retrograde Analysis. It is not even White's turn. Check out this tricky chess endgame problem to figure out what exactly is going on here.

LEVEL: Intermediate
CATEGORY: Retro

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