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I learned a new chess term this week while reading the book 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners.
New in Chess sent me a copy of this book, and I really like it. The paper back version of my Tactics Time 1001 book is going to have a similar design to it.
Many of the problems I had seen before in other tactics collections, but it was a nice book to read at the beach.
The position the the left is an example of a Novotny. It is problem #136 in the book.
From Wikipedia:
The Novotny (also often spelled as Nowotny, even in non-German sources) is a device found in chess problems named after its discoverer Antonín Novotný.
A white piece is sacrificed on a square where it could be taken by two different black pieces - whichever black piece makes the capture, it interferes with the other.
This pattern can arise as part of a combination in an actual game, but it is extremely rare. Most chess players would not use the term "Novotny" to describe such a move, since that term is almost exclusively used in the context of chess problems.
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