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Backward Pawns 7 games, 1933-2008 Clearance 125 games, 1843-2016 Combinations to win a pawn with advantage 64 games, 1889-2019 Combined Operations 70 games, 1857-2015 Decoy The decoy is a sacrifice (usually a sham sacrifice) designed to force a piece (often the King) to a specific square for the purpose of enabling a combination to mate, win material or otherwise improve one's position. 108 games, 1855-2016 Defense and offense combined 15 games, 1886-2012 Defensive Combinations 330 games, 1851-2010 Defensive Combinations (Breaking a Pin) 10 games, 1912-2019 Defensive Combinations (draw by repetition) 3 games, 1966-2013 Defensive Combinations (Perpetual Check) 23 games, 1925-2008 Defensive Combinations (Stalemate) 32 games, 1880-2009 Deflection Deflection involves a forced move designed to deflect or force the move of an opponent's piece (often the King) "away" from a square (i.e. go away) where the opponent's is at a disadvantage. It differs from the decoy, whose purpose is to force the opponent's piece "to" a specific square (i.e. come here). If the deflection is successful, the resulting position can result in forced mate, material loss or a positional advantage for the aggressor. 218 games, 1818-2009 Deflection (Removing the Guard) Removing the Guard is a subcategory of deflection. The tactic involves undermining a piece protecting another piece, with the idea of capturing the piece left unprotected. The logic is that if piece A guards piece B, then you can win piece B by removing the protection of piece A. This removal of protection involves a deflection in either forcing the guarding piece away from the guarding square or by the capture of the guarding piece. 120 games, 1863-2017 Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on h7 (h2) The sacrifice at h7 or h2 is intended to demolish the opponent's King-side pawn structure, setting up possible mating attacks, decisive win of material or won endgame positions. 115 games, 1620-2016 Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2) The sacrifice at f7 or f2 is intended to demolish the opponent's King-side pawn structure, setting up possible mating attacks, decisive win of material or won endgame positions. 118 games, 1827-2017 Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on g6 ( g3) The sacrifice at g6 or g3 is intended to demolish the opponent's King-side pawn structure, setting up possible mating attacks, decisive win of material or won endgame positions. 67 games, 1900-2016 Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on g7 (g2) The sacrifice at g7 or g2 is intended to demolish the opponent's King-side pawn structure, setting up possible mating attacks, decisive win of material or won endgame positions. 92 games, 1860-2016 Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on h6 (h3) The sacrifice at h6 or h3 is intended to demolish the opponent's King-side pawn structure, setting up possible mating attacks, decisive win of material or won endgame positions. 66 games, 1907-2016 Demolition of Pawn Structure: Unusual Sac's 35 games, 1895-2019 Demolition of Pawns: f6 (f3), e6 (e3), a7 (a2) These pawn sacrifices are intended to demolish the opponent's King-side pawn structure, setting up possible mating attacks, decisive win of material or won endgame positions. 125 games, 1860-2016

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