8 Examples of Deflection Tactics In Chess

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[@Tocinos]

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[@robertakerman3570]

kyol, please help. just prior 2:00. I can't recognize a "free piece". Seems =

[@trollermcgeetv]

At 12:50, that’s actually a decoy. A decoy is luring a piece to a bad square, but a deflection is luring a piece away from a good square.

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

Good to know the differences

[@BigDBrian]

I thought that was called attraction. but whatever

[@Timeless56_No.256_a]

i thought "decoy" was another word for deflection and that last position was called "attraction"

[@perpetualbystander4516]

Well, so you mean that if you lure a piece away from a good square and it ends up on another square that ain't that bad either, then it's a deflection? But if it moves to a bad square, then it's a decoy?

[@trollermcgeetv]

@@perpetualbystander4516 No, what I mean is that when you lure a piece away from a good square, (let's say the piece is lured so it stops defending something important like a checkmate square or a major piece), that's a deflection. But a decoy is something where a piece is lured to a bad square (let's say it's the king) and it gets lured into checkmate. In other words, a deflection prevents a piece from doing something important whereas a decoy pushes or lures a piece to where it can be trapped or captured.

[@BobChess]

The deflection tactic is super cool! , so I deflect my opponent's tension by dancing while playing.

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

Do the distraction dance, it's a deflection dance

[@troywardjr1216]

Bosnian ape society just launches a missle.

[@TheOnlyGuyWithAPhone]

This sounds like a joke, but I didn’t kind of emote on my opponent during my last tournament. I got 96% accurately so something must be working

[@M1551NGN0]

12:20 it's called swallow tail mate, i learnt from Magnus trainer. I'm so proud of myself for finding the right moves in the majority of the positions shown here, I'm improving! 🔥

[@Vade4545]

I love how you show us examples of setting up these concepts, rather than the basic examples. Thank you very much!

[@grizzlyjp]

You're an awesome teacher Nelson. So clearly communicated. Well done! Thank you. I hope KZbin rewards you accordingly.

[@orenawaerenyeager]

2:52 the fact that white is 1 full rook down and black had tripple stacked but still white had a positional advance because of this tactic.

[@ethandowler4669]

great video with practical examples. Thank you!

[@jonwill]

Well presented; thank you for sharing.

[@joelbell6413]

I love your videos so much! Every time a see one I immediately click it. Thankyou and congrats!

[@ByeMeinHerr]

9:38 I saw the rook check but I didn’t see any good follow up in black were to play kh7 instead of g7 at the start

[@hoshthemosh5701]

Great video, thanks helped a lot

[@username_wish]

12:12 i shall call it E-mate not because it can happen on the e file but because the rook and the bishop makes an E patern

[@imaginewave1]

wow, i did it so many times. But now i know, that i was deflecting enemy

[@sandeepsharma5611]

Very well explained

[@hospiciodaminhavida3024]

ay, make more videos like this, with examples, i rlly love when i need to think in an video c:

[@madkootaz9598]

"Alright, so if you had a chance to look at that.." sounded the exact same everytime

[@carlosedwardos]

I ran this position at 4:44 on Stockfish NNUE for a while, at 60 plies deep, Stockfish determines this is actually mate in 29 for Black, even if White makes the best moves possible, so not just a lot of material gained, but a for sure mate in 29, nothing White can do to stop it!

[@pseuda]

Glad that I had the opportunity to use deflection twice in the same game to win. I really liked the content!

[@pdub2762]

Ty sir💪

[@christopherheckman7957]

I've seen this called "removing the guard". 1:59 "in between move" = Zwischenzug.

[@ratchet1freak]

another way to describe a deflection is a sacrifice to force a piece to move where it doesn't want to move, either away from defending another piece or getting lined up for an attack like a skewer or fork

[@KikanKikan-wb1wr]

The tactic you give same as my coach sir,but he also give a task ,nice

[@graduzpendong1486]

Pretty cool stuff

[@pacolibre5411]

I appreciate you starting the video with a variation of the ICBM.

[@mehrdadsalimiclassicalpersianv]

You love chess genuinely, and that’s why all chess lovers can learn from you

[@rjaffern]

Thanks!

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Thanks, Randall!

[@rufusjasko]

Idea for Vs Martin (bot). You have to move the same type of piece twice in a row. For example if you move a pawn on move 1, then you have to move a pawn (any pawn) on move 2. Then on move three you can play any move, but for move 4 it has to be the same type of piece as for move 3.

[@reshmachatterjee7183]

😅

[@FrenchTopHat]

12:17 i encountered that checkmate before, but, i like to name it defend mate, because the bishop ia defending the rook

[@saurabhbunty123]

amazing!

[@Toxic_Gamer347]

12:21 crossbow checkmate.

[@magicja]

Is there a difference between deflection/decoy and the removing of the guard?

[@MelatiN3]

Bagus sekali tactic nya ..👍

[@williamsmith8640]

Deflection tactics in chess deflect pieces for itself.

[@Jeykey91]

12:20 thats called a "Dovetail mate" if am not mistaken.

[@KolejowySzynszyl901]

Good video 😃.

[@jasonruff1270]

wow, at the beginning of the video my dumbnut of a brain was like "hmm oooh! let's take the queen so that we can deflect the king away from the pawn and get a free pawn!!"

[@troywardjr1216]

idk if there is a name for that mate but, I like the bar graph checkmate if it is not yet coined.

[@kogmawmain8872]

Totally didn't see the idea at 7:48, I just thought maybe play Rd5 followed by Qc7 to get the pawn and maybe there's a deflection later that I didn't see, but seems like that was not the case.

[@byronwatkins2565]

At 11:00, I believe that Bd5 followed by Rf7 is mate in two.

[@danielyuan9862]

That can be countered by black's e4. You gotta look for escape squares for black.

9:05 There is a pawn to f6, another defensive move

[@williamwright4813]

That last tactic is called an "X-Ray", because your piece can "see" another one of your pieces through an enemy piece!

[@rolandsz8831]

11:09 I think e4 Kxe4 Bh7+. The king has to move to e3 or f3, but Rd3 forks the king and the queen and is defended by the bishop. If Qxd3 then Bxd3. If Kxd3, then the g pawn is faster than the f pawn. If the king does not take the bishop, seems like the f pawn is faster, but the bishop covers the f1 promotion square. Not that beautiful than the best moves, but this was my guess

[@rolandsz8831]

Oh, but black queens anyway and it's a draw :/

[@kamnasharma6143]

Had recently learned this one from my coach, glad to do some revision, lol. Also, how about a2 at 4:00?

[@Dufflox]

white indeed loses the knight, but the 2 connected white pawns are to much of a threat, black needs to give up his last pawn because his king and knight are needed to defend against it, making it a draw (king vs knight + king)

[@kamnasharma6143]

@@Dufflox Thanks!

[@binodkhadka522]

I used to deflect queen by my bishop and go for knight fork😂😂

[@Mauriciovideomaker]

Position at @10:51 can white play e4 , black has to take king takes e4 than Bh7 # ,king has to go e3 or f3 , white plays d3 # , queen takes ,Bishop takes queen . Makes sense?

[@Relkond]

I’d call the last bit with the pawn sacrifice: bait.

[@Big_Z_Gaming]

"If you had a chance to look at that" Counter: 7

[@reijonadiellemaniego479]

In 1:18 it's actually the overload tactic

[@maothesilly]

i like how the thumbnail was like 'great mistake'

[@ic6406]

12:15 isn't it called Opera mate (but not in the corner)

[@dr.gagansingla9955]

I found it!!! Wow!

[@ruiliu3612]

I love his videos so much Thus is the 20th time watching this video

[@meisstupid1831]

chess players when i deflected their play with a gunshot:

[@MetaSynForYourSoul]

12:19 Can't call it the Lopez because, ya know, *_Ruy_* so... I got it! We'll call it The Full Nelson position! 😂

[@nilesloughlin6845]

Someone else commented that the last checkmate pattern shown is called a swallowtail mate, but I prefer spear-mate personally

[@JustWaynedrew]

Me too

[@mbeaulieu22]

12:23 the name would be the arrow checkmate XD

[@kogmawmain8872]

13:05 "CHECKING that out" I see what you did there.

[@danielyuan9862]

He did nothing, you just saw it.

[@nothing5217]

knight to e2 is a decoy

[@johnnyirish9852]

The name of the pattern in the last example is dovetail mate if I am not mistaken.

[@danielyuan9862]

Dovetail mate is when the rook is a queen which is defended in any way.

[@lakymos3124]

3:28 even though the white rook can deflect the king from defending the queen, after the white queen takes the black queen the two black rooks is still even with the queen.

[@mshbeatbox]

queen is bit better than two rooks + in situation white has 2 pawn advantage

[@johnathanpatrick6118]

I agree with MSH. A queen can do what a rook can't -- move diagonally. And with two extra pawns White has chances to get another queen should they arise.

[@StevenBTW]

at 9:06 I'm intrigued to ask: What would happen if you just pushed your f-pawn one square? Would that lead the King to the middle and be worse than a Rook Vs Queen Endgame?

[@Dufflox]

pretty sure it just ends the same way, but with a slightly worse pawn structure. f6. Qb7+. Qf7. Rd7. And black queen is forced to take the white rook.

[@danielyuan9862]

@@Dufflox you missed a variation where black plays Kh6 instead, but it is run into h5 with the same result as the other variation with h5 in the video.

[@Dufflox]

@@danielyuan9862 i thought about that line aswell, but its very similar to the line in the video, so i didnt mention it here.

[@nagamuthu1451]

you missed kxf2 in 6th puzzle

[@shreeharishanmugam1483]

Last one was nat deflection it is attraction

[@autopiloot]

What is stopping the opponent from capturing the bishop with his king instead of the rook at 6:15? That way he keeps his rook on the E2 square

[@johnathanpatrick6118]

See 6:50.

[@cheddarsunchipsyes8144]

Intel

[@tyronedacreator2398]

2:28 couldn't you have played Rook d5 also?

[@magnight767]

6:24, why not move queen above knight to block rook and defend king as well as open an escape for the queen?

[@magnight767]

Or why not white attack black's king with the queen and move the pawn to create an escape?

[@magnight767]

Or even pre block with rook

[@gdplayrr]

1. M2 or lose the queen 2. Idk but its a NM so dont try to outclass him ig

[@ThePapaja1996]

Last exempel most be some kind of a dovtail mate

[@DavidGuild]

8:32 What if Kh7 instead? Then we don't have check on the diagonal and the king seems safe.

[@Dufflox]

still Qb2, threatening Mate in 1. Only decent way to stop it is g5. Black king gets bullied with checks, being forced to walk to the center and then the black king and rook get forked by the white queen and its over.

[@VeraniegoBaller]

Today I pinned a rook thatvwas protecting the other one for the king and i took it with check and fork 🍴🍴 and he capptred with the king bcz he didn't see that

[@eduedu4812]

Really nice last puzzle, but wasn't that attraction, not deflection?

[@mshbeatbox]

I'm a 1200 and deflections are my weakest tactics probably. are there specific puzzles for this?

[@Tocinos]

esh

[@mshbeatbox]

@@Tocinos ESH !

[@cheddarsunchipsyes8144]

@@mshbeatbox EEESHHHHH!!!

[@ChessJourneyman]

Yes, on Lichess.

[@maor_avisar]

decoy is a pawn.. thats just misleading information by an national master or I was misled by gotham and cc coach thingy

[@gen5665]

2:44 it's rook not bishop

[@frankyjayhay]

10:42 rf7+ forces ... Ke6 then ra7+ wins the queen.

[@danielyuan9862]

It's black's turn at your timestamp, and by then there is no such tactic anymore.

[@andulorianstudio294]

At 4:20 you are wrong horse can defend with going at c8 then a8 .

[@johnathanpatrick6118]

How?? Once Black plays ...Ne2+ if White takes the knight the a-pawn is gone and becoming a queen. Otherwise White's knight is toast himself.

[@danielyuan9862]

Magnus: "here's a hint: how do knights move?"

[@harrygross77]

200K is not far away

[@lolsflint7598]

isn't 0:24 a position in which you can mate if you're playing as black tho

[@masumkose9527]

10:46 rf7 isnt checkmate?

[@play-s-_______-osu]

king can move to e6

[@maxplunger263]

4:03 what if you just push the pawn, i mean i know u wanna tell us about defection but i think this example is weird

[@Dufflox]

white indeed loses the knight, but the 2 connected white pawns are to much of a threat, black needs to give up his last pawn because his king and knight are needed to defend against it, making it a draw (king vs knight + king)

[@maxplunger263]

@@Dufflox​i had some time so i tried playin this position otb and i think most of the time its a queen king endgame for both but black got a knight plus obviously im not sure but i came to the Conclusion that his move(ke7) would be better

[@Dufflox]

@@maxplunger263 i'm not really sure what lines you played, but if youre trying to get a queen as black, youre going to lose the race to white and lose the game. Im pretty sure black can only defend against the connected pawns, making him lose his last pawn in the process and getting a draw. (Just a side note, Ke7 means king to e7, Ne7 means knight to e7)

[@michaelbrantley6039]

Last one is attraction not deflection

[@michaelbrantley6039]

But im splitting hairs

[@cheddarsunchipsyes8144]

That thumbnail is impossible unless black just decided not to take whites queen

[@danielyuan9862]

Black's bishop could be pinned and the last move could be black's queen blocking white's queen.

[@Tkidddd]

The last one, can't you just move the black pawn forward to stop the bishop check? No checkmate.

[@johnathanpatrick6118]

No, Black's pawns are going *down* the board. That f-pawn can't stop the mate.

[@Tkidddd]

@@johnathanpatrick6118 he can stop the check

[@johnathanpatrick6118]

@@Tkidddd You mean after White plays Rd3?? Then Black loses his queen immediately or after Bh7+, then the pawns are going to be either captured or used as checkmating contributors.

[@johnathanpatrick6118]

@@Tkidddd If you're specifically referring to the checkmate though, no Black pawn can prevent that mate.

[@Tkidddd]

@@johnathanpatrick6118 if I was black I would have won the game.

[@dimplerani5262]

Ji

[@dimplerani5262]

Pllllll

[@winter4953]

Nice try

[@nibiyabi]

@12:30 Pigeon Tail Mate? Amazed at how you are able to put out so much awesome content! ♟

[@mattgiguere5638]

Thank you Teacher Nelson for an Awesome class today on Deflection or I call it Ambush. So cool stuff here 🤔🥰♟❤👍🤘

[@johnathanpatrick6118]

The checkmate in the final puzzle definitely resembles a dovetail mate, but I don't know if it can be considered a true dovetail mate since that usually happens with a queen executing the threat...🤔🤔

[@xitvono]

I think it's called threading the needle.