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X-Ray Defence

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58 points fzliu | 2 comments | 17 Apr 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.606s | source
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captn3m0 ◴[21 Apr 25 05:45 UTC] No.43748782[source]▶
> In general, defensive tactics and puzzles are underrepresented in chess literature and resources.

I play a lot of puzzles (Storm) on Lichess, and this hits hard. I can spot good attacks, but not good defences because it’s vastly underrepresented in my training.

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GistNoesis ◴[21 Apr 25 07:23 UTC] No.43749220[source]▶
https://lichess.org/training/defensiveMove

For training more related to this article : https://lichess.org/training/xRayAttack

You can find the list of specific training themes here : https://lichess.org/training/themes

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1. captn3m0 ◴[21 Apr 25 07:40 UTC] No.43749300[source]▶
Storm doesn't seem to have a defensive mode.
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2. GistNoesis ◴[21 Apr 25 08:42 UTC] No.43749645[source]▶
I have not tried it, but lichess is open-source : so you can probably customize it for your specific use case.

More specifically modify line that allow to pick the theme https://github.com/lichess-org/lila/blob/64b6f7966c8ed48dc90...

With one of the value given here : https://github.com/lichess-org/lila/blob/64b6f7966c8ed48dc90...

ie : replace in stomSelector lila.puzzle.PuzzleTheme.mix.key by lila.puzzle.PuzzleTheme.defensiveMove.key and run a custom lichess as explained in the ReadMe