Here is a game I just played, I am white and it’s my turn. My first instinct is to initiate a queen trade and then take the bishop on c4, giving me a whole bishop in the trade, which is great.

However I thought some more and found another tactic that wins me a queen without trading my own. Can you see the tactic?

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Correct! 🎯 In the game I played Bf7+, my opponent took with the queen and I took back with my queen. If whites next move is Ne6 it’s forced checkmate but I thought the hanging bishop looked so tasty so I took that instead. :)

You can check with the bishop and unless the queen takes, it’s then mate in 1

So you can actually be up a queen in the end! Not just the bishop

But instead of taking the bishop you could push the h pawn and play for mate

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Correct! 🎯 In my game I only made it to taking the queen with Qxf7 and then taking the bishop too became too tempting! 😅

There is a forced mate in 4.
1. Bf7 Qxf7
2. Qxf7 Kh8
3. Ne6!

The only way to defend Qxg7 is to play Rg8, but then Qh5, checkmate.

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Bf7+ and black has to give his queen to avoid Qh4#