[Event "U.S. National K-12 Grade Championships"] [Site "National Harbor, Maryland"] [Date "2024.12.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Diao, Matthew Guo"] [Black "Rana, Shyla"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2173"] [BlackElo "1693"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [FEN "r1b1rbk1/ppq3pp/2p5/4p3/2P2B2/8/PPB2PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 17"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "Tactics Tuesday 01/07/2025: National K-12 Grades, Pt. 1"] [ChapterName "Diao, Matthew Guo - Rana, Shyla"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/7k0UBOpu/qlnkGbFn"] [FEN "r1b1rbk1/ppq3pp/2p5/4p3/2P2B2/8/PPB2PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 17"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { Today’s puzzles come from last month’s National K-12 Grade Championships. Enjoy a number of mating attacks, deflections, and overloads from the top boards of the annual tournament that crowns the champion in each grade. In our example, White plays against Black’s loose pieces and also uses his lead in development. After } 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qxe8 { White has won the e8-rook, but the second bishop falls with } 19... exf4 { and only one move wins. White had to find } 20. Rad1! { when there is no stopping Ra1-d8. } 1-0