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The example shows you how counterattacking works. White is about to lose his knight. But he manages to save it with a tricky counterattack!
Play the moves and read the explanation – then you are ready to start counterattacking yourself!
Counterattacks are great fun. Your opponent thinks he is smart to attack you. But then you outwit him by launching your own attack!
What do you have to do?
Defend a piece by using a counterattack. Make room for the attacked piece.
Defense: counterattack (1)
This lesson teaches you a new means of defending: the counterattack. Sometimes you cannot defend a piece. Or you don’t need to. You defend by attacking on your own turn. You pick a piece that has the same or a higher value. Now, the other side has little to gain in taking your piece.The example shows you how counterattacking works. White is about to lose his knight. But he manages to save it with a tricky counterattack!
Play the moves and read the explanation – then you are ready to start counterattacking yourself!
Counterattacks are great fun. Your opponent thinks he is smart to attack you. But then you outwit him by launching your own attack!
What do you have to do?
Defend a piece by using a counterattack. Make room for the attacked piece.
White’s knight is threatened by the pawn. There are no safe squares to flee to.
Protecting with the pawn or the king won’t do much good either. White loses his knight and regains only a pawn. A loss of 2 points!
Things look pretty glum for the knight. Yet, White can still save it!
Do you see the black rook? White’s bishop can attack this rook.
Black doesn’t have time to take the knight. Should he do so anyway, White captures the rook. White wins 2 points: a rook is worth 5 points and a knight only 3.
The smart thing to do for Black is to move his rook. Click on the play button below to see what happens.
White’s knight is still under attack, but don’t panic! The bishop is on a different square now. It has made room for the knight to flee.
Protecting with the pawn or the king won’t do much good either. White loses his knight and regains only a pawn. A loss of 2 points!
Things look pretty glum for the knight. Yet, White can still save it!
Do you see the black rook? White’s bishop can attack this rook.
Black doesn’t have time to take the knight. Should he do so anyway, White captures the rook. White wins 2 points: a rook is worth 5 points and a knight only 3.
The smart thing to do for Black is to move his rook. Click on the play button below to see what happens.
White’s knight is still under attack, but don’t panic! The bishop is on a different square now. It has made room for the knight to flee.
