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Skewer the King and Bishop

Theme: Skewer | Difficulty: hard

White to move. Check the king, then win the piece behind it.

Answer Key

Solution: Qa8+ Ke7 Qxh8

Qa8+ checks the king along the back rank, and the pawns on d7/f7 leave Ke7 as the only escape. Once the king steps aside, the queen captures the bishop on h8 — the same skewer idea, with a queen instead of a rook.