Today we talked about the concept of deflection, which is tempting or forcing a piece of your opponent's to a different square so that you can carry through with your plan.
One technique we used to finding moves in deflection situations is to visualize fantasy situations that move or removed a problematic piece. Your thought should sound something like "if only that rook weren't there, I'd have mate" or "if my opponent's king wasn't there, the queen would be undefended". Then you can search for moves and lines that may play toward these fantasy situations.
The material came from the October 2016 issue of Chess Life Kids, available for view on USCF if you're a member.
I hope you'll be able to play at the tournament this Saturday!
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