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 36 levels for learning 31 skills.

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Defending pieces

Defend piece and avoid checkmate

Defend piece and avoid fork

Defend piece and avoid trap

Defend piece and avoid discovered attack

Defend piece and avoid capture defender

1 level

Defend piece and avoid deflection

Defend piece and avoid attacking pinned piece

Defend by check

Defend by capture

Defending against check

Defend check and avoid mate

Defend check and avoid fork

Defend check and avoid pin

Defend check and avoid skewer

Defend check and avoid discovered check

Defend against checkmate

Protect checkmate square

Block checkmate threat

Escape from checkmate threat

Make escape square

Capture piece threatening mate

Defend against promotion

Protect promotion square

Block promotion square

Stalemates

Defend against tactics

Defend against double attacks

Perpetual Check

Perpetual Check with the Queen new

1 level

Perpetual Check with the Rook new

1 level

Perpetual Check with the Knight new

1 level

Perpetual Check with the Bishop new