Tactical Motif III: Decoy

Decoy ( fr: Attraction) consists in luring a piece to a particular mined square.
Here's an example: White to play and win


Alekhine-West 1923

1Qh7+!! lures the King to a bad square.

1..Kh7
2Rg7+! Rg7

3Nf6+ Kg6

4 Bh5# Magnificent combination by the genius Alekhine, well ahead of his time.

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Now White to play and win using this theme (and also motif II Deflection)

Ex: Schmidt-Heidelberg 1946