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Take some time to study the example.
What do you have to do?
Defend against checkmate by protecting a square.
Defend against checkmate: protecting
You know about protecting as a means to defend. Protecting can be done in various way. We start easy. You are going to guard a square to stop the other player from checkmating your king.Take some time to study the example.
What do you have to do?
Defend against checkmate by protecting a square.
The queen sees mate in one on the green square.
Moving the king will not help.
The queen will still go the green square.
Black’s knight has two jobs to do: he protects the queen and makes sure that the king cannot flee.
No big deal!
White can defend against mate by protecting.
This time, protecting is not about guarding a piece, but about guarding a square.
White can use his knight to protect the queen’s mating square.
Should Black’s queen go there anyway, she will be taken by the knight. That would be foolish!
Moving the king will not help.
The queen will still go the green square.
Black’s knight has two jobs to do: he protects the queen and makes sure that the king cannot flee.
No big deal!
White can defend against mate by protecting.
This time, protecting is not about guarding a piece, but about guarding a square.
White can use his knight to protect the queen’s mating square.
Should Black’s queen go there anyway, she will be taken by the knight. That would be foolish!
