8 Examples of Deflection Tactics In Chess

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[Tocinos]

The fact that I'm able to sit here and listen to a bunch of stuff I already know is a testament to how good of a teacher he is.

[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.

[Vade]

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

[MNGN]

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! 🔥

[grizzlyjp]

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

[BobChess]

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

[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.

[joelbell]

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

[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!

[jasonruff]

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!!"

[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.

[madkootaz]

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

[christopherheckman]

I've seen this called "removing the guard".

1:59 "in between move" = Zwischenzug.

[imaginewave]

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

[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

[mehrdadsalimiclassicalpersianv]

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

[byronwatkins]

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

[ratchetfreak]

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

[ethandowler]

great video with practical examples. Thank you!