ʻO ka “Indirect Defence” kahi hana chess e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i kahi ʻāpana a i ʻole pawn ma ke kau ʻana i kahi ʻāpana ʻē aʻe a i ʻole pawn ma ka laina hoʻouka kaua, ma mua o ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i ka ʻāpana i hoʻouka ʻia a pawn pololei. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia ʻano hana no ka pale ʻana i kahi ʻāpana waiwai a i ʻole pawn, e hoʻowalewale i nā ʻāpana hoʻouka kaua o ka hoa paio mai kahi wahi koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole e hana i kahi manawa kūʻē kūʻē.
Hiki ke loaʻa ka Indirect Defense ma nā puka he nui a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia me kēlā me kēia ʻano ʻāpana. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona maʻamau o Indirect Defense ka neʻe ʻana Nd2 i ka Sicilian Defense, ka mea e pale ai i ka e4 pawn a hoʻomākaukau i ka d3 e hoʻokuʻu i ka c1 bishop. ʻO kekahi hiʻohiʻona maʻamau ʻo Rf1 i ka Ruy Lopez, nāna e pale i ka e1-rook, a hoʻomākaukau i ka neʻe f3 e hoʻokuʻu i ka e1-bishop.
Manaʻo ʻia ka Indirect Defence he hana maʻalahi a maʻalahi hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā pae like ʻole o ka pāʻani. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka pale ʻana i kahi pawn nāwaliwali, e uhi i kahi pāhaʻi palupalu a i ʻole e hana i kahi manawa kūʻē kūʻē. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka hui pū ʻana me nā ʻano hana ʻē aʻe e like me nā pine a me nā forks.
No ka pale ʻana i ka Indirect Defence, pono e ʻike nā mea pāʻani i nā mea hoʻoweliweli e hiki ai i ko lākou hoa paio ke hana a hoʻāʻo e kali i ka neʻe ʻana o ka hoa paio. Pono lākou e ho’āʻo e hoʻomau i kā lākou mau ʻāpana a hoʻāʻo e hoʻokele i nā ʻāpana kī ma ka papa.