Questions about the Defensive Tactics poster

What’s on the Defensive Tactics poster?

9 entries in 2 groups. Defence has its own tactical vocabulary. Saving resources: Perpetual check — a draw from a lost position, Stalemate tricks, Co…; How to find them: Look at every check you have, Look for their loose pieces, Ask what…. Perpetual check is the commonest saving resource. Any position where their king has few squares is worth checking for it.

Who is the Defensive Tactics poster for?

Defensive Tactics belongs to the Chess section rather than to a school year, because games is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning tactics can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Defensive Tactics poster?

Before resigning, look for stalemate, perpetual check and a counter-tactic. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Defensive Tactics belongs on the wall where that games work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Defensive Tactics?

Back Rank Mate, Calculating and Checkmate Patterns sit alongside Defensive Tactics in the Chess section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Back Rank MateCalculatingCheckmate Patterns

Is the Defensive Tactics poster free to download and print?

Yes. Defensive Tactics downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Chess section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Defensive Tactics poster print at?

Defensive Tactics is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Defensive Tactics loses nothing.Printing guide