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Defence Curriculum

"Sometimes the best defence is the best defence." - Garry Kasparov

"The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy." - Sun Tzu

These are the skills you can learn and practice with the Defence course.
This course includes more than 10000 puzzles in 31 levels for learning 26 skills.


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2 Levels
Defend piece and avoid checkmate
1 Level
Defend piece and avoid fork
1 Level
Defend piece and avoid trap
1 Level
Defend piece and avoid discovered attack
1 Level
Defend piece and avoid capture defender
1 level
Defend piece and avoid deflection (new)
1 Level
Defend piece and avoid attacking pinned piece (new)
1 Level
Defend against double attacks (new)
1 Level
Counter attack
1 Level
Defend by check
1 Level
Defend by capture
3 Levels
Defend check and avoid mate
1 Level
Defend check and avoid fork
1 Level
Defend check and avoid pin
1 Level
Defend check and avoid skewer
1 Level
Defend check and avoid discovered check
1 Level
Protect checkmate square
1 Level
Block checkmate threat
1 Level
Escape from checkmate threat
1 Level
Make escape square
1 Level
Capture piece threatening mate
1 Level
Protect promotion square
1 Level
Block promotion square
2 Levels
Stalemate
2 Levels
Desperado
1 level
Breaking the pin (new)