10 Levels of Tactics: Master the Desperado

In chess, a desperado is a tactical motif where a piece, often doomed to be lost, makes a final sacrifice to maximize material gain or force a favorable outcome. This can involve capturing an enemy piece before being taken or delivering a check to disrupt the opponent’s plans. The desperado is especially common in complex exchanges, where both sides have hanging pieces, and one side tries to optimize the situation by striking first.

Today, we'll be solving for 10 levels of the Desperado tactic!

Pro tips for this video:
Pause the video for as long as you like before solving
Place every position on a chess board
Write down your answers with full variations for full points!

Each exercise is worth 10 points, correct yourself and give yourself a score out of 100 at the end!

Best of luck :)

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