Knight School

In a game of chess when pieces move out from their starting positions and get engaged in some little battles in different regions of the board, some unexpected, very surprising, and often decisive moves might be found. Ideas that allow experienced players to find such moves are well known and can be in seemingly unrelated positions.

For instance, "deflection" -removing an opponent's piece from defending important square- or "attraction"- attracting a piece to the square where you can later capture it. This frequently happens when one of the players neglects development and overuses one piece, most often a queen. Here’s an example where black deflects the white queen away from protecting her bishop, and attracts her to a spot where she will eventually be captured.

	After 5. Qf3-b3.
1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Qd1-h5?! Nb8-c6 3.Bc1-c4 trying to checkmate in 4! 3..g7-g6 sorry, not so fast  4. Qh5-f3 I'll try again 4...Ng8-f6 "you spoiled my plan." 5.Qf3-b3 White moves his queen a third time out of 5 moves, trying to hit at an important square "f7".
	After 7...b7-b5!
5...Nc6-d4 Superknight!! "He's attacking my queen, I see that, but I have check" 6.Bc4xf7+ (check) 6...Ke8-e7 "Now I’ll save my queen and still protect the bishop, so 7.Qb3-c4 " Everything looks good , I won a pawn and he can't castle". 7..b7-b5! "Hi, queen , I'm a little pawn, want to fight? and by the way don't forget about your bishop".
	After 9. ...Bf8-b4
8.Qc4-c3 "Sorry bishop,  I gotta go and keep an eye on "c2," because of that superknight!" Black says it's time to pay back: 8...Ke7xf7 9.d2-d3 "It defends the pawn e4 and opens my bishop on c1... I think I learned my lesson: I'll use my other pieces." 9...Bf8-b4!! The queen is pinned, and if she captures the bishop at b4, the knight forks king and queen at c2!