Deflection

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nick_p12

Gio-T

great

Ben_Dubuque
nick_p12

yeah you're right

nick_p12
jetfighter13 wrote:

5. Qxc8 is the wrong move because, in this position black should do Rxc8

Grumly06

The first example comes from a very famous game Adams-Torre.

The threat of a back-rank mate gives many opportunity for deflections:

For more about deflections, check out my blog post: http://chesstrainerapp.blogspot.fr/2014/01/deflection.html