Friday, September 26, 2008

Tactical Motif II:Deflection

Deflection ( fr: Deviation) consists in forcing a piece away so that you can carry on a tactical winning idea.

Illustration: White to play and win








White would like to play Nd7+, but Black controls d7.
1.Qh5! threatening Qh6# forces 1..Nxh5.
But since the Black knight left his post, White can conclude by 2.Nd7#. ( Delgado-Lorente 2000).







Now it's your turn to solve the following: White to play and win



















Tal-NN

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. Bxe6; Qxe6
2. Qg6+; Rh8
3. Rc7 and white wins

chess_planet said...

Yep, you found it ! Bravo!