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Some Three-Check Sacrifices

Hello, I played a game against AI Level 1 to practice my Three-Check skills. I've found that you need to defend quite accurately, and if your opponent castles early, you need to destroy that fortress.

I checked once when I sacrificed my bishop to attempt to expose the king, but the rook recaptured. Then I sacrificed my queen to ruin the castle, even though I was activating my opponent's rooks... the queen sacrifice is usually done for the last check, but I was determined to give one last check even without the queen.

The AI did a pretty good job in the beginning, but then the pieces were tossed to the queenside and I attacked on the kingside, castling very late in the game only for activation purposes. The end check could have been delayed but the king was much too exposed and could not escape the rook.

Suggestions, ideas, missed checks? Please comment below!

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