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Deflection

Deflection

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A Deflection is a tactic in which a key defensive piece is chased away from the "good" position it was occupying, forcing it to give up its role. This tactic differs from the Decoy tactic, where the enemy piece is instead lured into a specific "bad" square, to be attacked. In the diagram above, White can play 1.Bf4 and deflect the Rook away from the defense of the b7-Bishop.

When creating a Deflection: (1) Be mindful of counterattacks or defensive measures. Against a Deflection: (1) Create a counterattack that gives you time to either reinforce the problematic piece or move it to a safer square.

Master the Deflection Tactic

While creating Chess With Cards, we watched many videos and read a lot of books. Here's our curated selection of the best resources we encountered on Deflection tactics. We also included some smaller creators who are growing fast and we believe deserve your attention. Check out these resources if you want to master this tactical pattern.

 
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