Decoy / Deflection

Decoy / Deflection

MonkeyMagic

Updated: Apr 25, 2015, 8:11 PM | 3

An underestimated tactic which if studied and added to a chess player's armoury of tactics will make them a dangerous adversary.

This puzzle comes from a position between Capablanca and Fonaroff New York 1904. It is in fact a brilliant tactical combination by Capablanca which includes a decoy tactic, which is a critical element in the combination which nets a piece.

And one of my own games...

An expanding list of tactic trainer links to puzzles which involve the decoy tactic.

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=134168

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=20834

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=115464

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=417603

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=470563

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=76339

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=51145

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=95173

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=428517

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=41068

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=27464

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=87887

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=120011

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=330151

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=21901

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=21892

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=44119

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=28691

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=22582

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=25158 Capa's game

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=38497

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=39138

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=39421

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=22915

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=23556

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=111626

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=21901

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=38024

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=65282

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=29410

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=38038

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=38213

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=28403

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=37363

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=24419

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=26003

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=22915

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=283995

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=21535

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=21732

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=200309

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=80191

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=22904

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=502664

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=267779

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=514948

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=507182

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=23053

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=204513

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=24308

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=285845

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=20691

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=20992

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=21900

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=25210

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=562024

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=21336

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=63950

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=23331

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=573870

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=39960

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=22096

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=22821

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=25836

http://www.chess.com/tactics/?id=23175

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