Essential Tactics

Discovered attack

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Step 1 of 2

Your bishop on b2 rakes the long diagonal toward the rook on h8, blocked only by your knight on e5. Jump the knight to d7 with check: Black has to answer the check, and then the bishop collects the rook.

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