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Tucking your chin isn't incorrect, it's just insufficient.
Otherwise you're saying to keep your hands up while exposing your neck. Getting choked over the chin or face is bad, but giving up the real estate underneath your jawline is worse, as it not only puts you out quickly, but it's a pocket of inside space that you won't get your opponent out of once he settles into it. A choke over the face can slip off; a deep choke on the neck is held in place by your chin.
Well put.
I'm surprised at how mad guys are over chin tucking. It's not that much different from s-gripping your hands to defend an arm bar. It's not 100% but it will buy you a moment to try something else.
Like I said before, tuck chin, raise shoulders, and grip fight. I don't get why that's a n issue if it's pretty basic defense.