Habits

Each habit is a scan you can run in the first seconds of a position. WayChess drills that scan on many puzzles so it is available in games, not only when a puzzle tells you “find the tactic”.

• Attacked pieces — every attack on your pieces and on the opponent’s
• Undefended pieces — pieces that are not protected
• Walking into an attack — moves that hang a piece
• Abandoned defence — a move that leaves a piece undefended
• X-ray — a line of attack through another piece
• Useful x-ray — x-rays that actually matter
• Vertical fork — two targets on a file for a rook (or queen)
• Knight fork — two pieces a knight can attack from one square
• Bishop diagonal — two pieces a bishop can fork on a diagonal
• Advanced pawn — a pawn close to promotion
• Trapped figure — a piece with little or no escape
• Queen attack — queen attacks you can play or must meet

Guest tries: attacked pieces, undefended pieces, knight fork.