Defensive mental mayhem
Now I know that I only need about 10 hours solving time per tactical theme, I decided to take matters up a notch. The second theme, exposed king , was about reviving the good old mate patterns of papa Polgars first brick. Yesterday, I started with the theme defensive move . I already figured I am very bad at that. As I use to say: "I must have a feeling for chess, because I always find the wrong move when skedaddling away when under attack. If I would have no feeling for chess at all, I would statistically find the right move every now and then." Defensive move problems in the 1550 - 1620 range feel the same as 1900 - 2000 problems with the two other tactical themes. I often have no clue. With a defensive move, you try to accomplish trivial things like skedaddling to a square where your king can't be checked again, skedaddle and attack, skedaddle and defend, take back with the right piece that adds an additional punch, take back with the right piece that adds an