Defend piece and avoid discovered attack

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In this level, your opponent is attacking one of your pieces. You have to defend against the threat, and avoid losing material to a discovered attack.

Examples

Black just played Ra8, attacking your queen on a7.
The queen has two safe squares on b7 and d4.
Capturing the knight with Rd4 would lose to Bh2+, with a discovered attack on the queen.
Qb7 is the only good defence.

White just played Sc3, attacking the queen on a2.
The queen has two safe squares on b3 and a1.
Giving check on a1 would be bad. White could play Kc2, escaping with the king with a discovered attack on the queen.
The queen doesn't have any escape squares after that and would be trapped!
Therefore Qb3 is the only good defence.

Visualization

In these avoid levels, you have to spot any threats of your opponent before your move, and also after your move. This is good practice so you don't fall in the traps set by your opponent.

If you don't spot the threat, or the line to be avoided, you can always check the solution page, which shows both.

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