Deflection
A tactic which is hard for me to see during a game is the Deflection of a piece off the backrank to bring about a back rank mate. Normally this is done with a rook or queen .
When I first started playing Friday Nights at the chess club, there were two areas (outside of tactics and board vision) where I felt stronger players were significantly stronger than me : The strength of their rook moves and their endgame skills.
In reading Comprehensive Chess Course V2, it pointed to a game which amazed me. I consider it to be
The Immortal Deflection Game
I think there is a lesson for me to look closer for backrank weakness!
When I first started playing Friday Nights at the chess club, there were two areas (outside of tactics and board vision) where I felt stronger players were significantly stronger than me : The strength of their rook moves and their endgame skills.
In reading Comprehensive Chess Course V2, it pointed to a game which amazed me. I consider it to be
The Immortal Deflection Game
I think there is a lesson for me to look closer for backrank weakness!
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