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what is a Windmill I know its a tactic.

what is a Windmill I know its a tactic.

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but what kind of chess tactic?i am new to chess.this my second post.what the windmill tactic is it a fork or pin.

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Originally posted by willrayray
but what kind of chess tactic?i am new to chess.this my second post.what the windmill tactic is it a fork or pin.
A repeated discovered check where material is won with each check, for a certain number of moves.

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yes, here is a game where the windmill involves the rook and the bishop.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1228798

it starts at move 29 and ends at 33 with a total booty of 2 pawns. but this isn't the best example

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Originally posted by willrayray
but what kind of chess tactic?i am new to chess.this my second post.what the windmill tactic is it a fork or pin.
I have better example in my own puzzles but i don't have time to search through them. Here is a decent one:

http://www.letsplaychess.com/chessclubs/forums_thread_show_one_posteronleftstyle.asp?forumid=6015&ThreadID=3386955

Search for windmill. Edit -> find -> windmill and it should give you the

Alekhine game.

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what is a windmill?

well...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill

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Originally posted by willrayray
but what kind of chess tactic?i am new to chess.this my second post.what the windmill tactic is it a fork or pin.
I believe this game was resigned due to the upcoming windmill.
Game 531209

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The classic windmill comes from

Torre Repetto,C - Lasker,E [A46]
Moscow Moscow, 1925
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 Be7 6.Nbd2 d6 7.c3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 b6 9.Nc4 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.Rad1 Nf8 14.Bc1 Nd5 15.Ng5 b5 16.Na3 b4 17.cxb4 Nxb4 18.Qh5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Qa5 21.b4 Qf5 22.Rg3 h6 23.Nc4 Qd5 24.Ne3 Qb5



25.Bf6 Qxh5 26.Rxg7+ Kh8 27.Rxf7+ Kg8 28.Rg7+ Kh8 29.Rxb7+ Kg8 30.Rg7+ Kh8 31.Rg5+ Kh7 32.Rxh5 Kg6 33.Rh3 Kxf6 34.Rxh6+ Kg5 35.Rh3 Reb8 36.Rg3+ Kf6 37.Rf3+ Kg6 38.a3 a5 39.bxa5 Rxa5 40.Nc4 Rd5 41.Rf4 Nd7 42.Rxe6+ Kg5 43.g3 Nf8 44.h4+ Kh5 45.Rxd6 Rxd6 46.Nxd6 1–0

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Originally posted by Ragnorak
I believe this game was resigned due to the upcoming windmill.
Game 531209

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He could have lost a Rook, Pawn and Knight, but maybe this is better.

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You are supposed to stop a windmill eventually I think, but look:
White has played Rxg7+!
Black has to move like this and White will exploit it like this:
1. Rxg7+ Kh8
2. Rxe7+ Kg8
3. Rg7+ Kh8
4. Rxd7+ Kg8
5. Rg7+ Kh8
6. Rg6+ Rf6
7. Bxf6#
Edit: the mate only works if you remove Black's d-pawn.
That is a sort of windmill. I think it is a classic, but it is a shame I haven't been able to execute it yet!

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I think I got a windmill attack in the Game 2750275 where I got a pawn, a rook and also his bishop if he didn't resign.

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Originally posted by Black Queen
He could have lost a Rook, Pawn and Knight, but maybe this is better.
[fen]5rk1/rqnbb1Rp/1p6/p1pp4/2P1pP2/2B1Pp1N/PPNP1P1P/2RQKB2 b[/fen]
My uncle won 2nd division once, but not many people actually win lotto.

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iSNIT THE MOST FAMOUS WINDMILL WHEN fISCHER BEAT BYRNE IN "GAME OF THE CENTURY"

IC

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Originally posted by petrosianpupil
iSNIT THE MOST FAMOUS WINDMILL WHEN fISCHER BEAT BYRNE IN "GAME OF THE CENTURY"
I have a question, there is another name for a windmill. I heard it years ago, and I haven't heard it since. It is a non English word, if I remember it right. Does anyone here know what the other name is for a windmill??

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Originally posted by Ice Cold
I have a question, there is another name for a windmill. I heard it years ago, and I haven't heard it since. It is a non English word, if I remember it right. Does anyone here know what the other name is for a windmill??
Perhaps Väderkvarn? 😏

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Originally posted by FabianFnas
Perhaps Väderkvarn? 😏
That may well be the word. Thanks man 🙂

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