Push, Capture, or Ignore

Learn how to deal with pawn tension and decide when to push, capture, or play elsewhere. If you can defend and attack simultaneously, that's often the best option. However, other times it's best to defend threats directly or even to ignore them and do something more important.

White is down a piece, and to make matters worse, Black just pushed the pawn from d7 to d5, forking White's queen and rook. Can you find the best way to escape this trap?

En passant to the rescue! Black's queen is pinned and White will win material!