Month 01 · Week 04 · Day 22

Deflection & Decoy

Pull a defender away or lure a piece onto a bad square.

Difficulty: Foundation
Estimated: 95 min
Progress: 22 / 28

Deflection removes a piece from a defensive duty. Decoy lures a piece onto a square where a tactic lands. Both are calculated with the opponent's best refusal in mind.

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