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Windmill
What it is
A windmill is a devastating series of discovered checks: a rook and bishop work together so that the rook swings back and forth, delivering a discovered check, grabbing a piece, then returning with check again — repeating until the enemy is stripped bare.
When to use it
Use it when you have a bishop giving a discovered check and a rook that, by moving away and back with check, can gobble undefended pieces along a rank while the enemy king is forced to shuffle.
How to use it
Set up the discovered check so each time your rook moves the king is in check and must respond, then move the rook back to renew the discovery. Collect material on every swing, then finish once the position is winning.
Worked examples
Watch the coach play the tactic from real master games.