Name the chess tactics

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Hint	Answer
(F) When you attack two or more pieces at the same time	Fork
(P) When a lower value piece is behind a higher value piece	Pin
(S) When a higher value piece is behind a lower value piece	Skewer
(T) When a piece has nowhere to move	Trapped piece
(B) When two or more pieces are lined up on the same rank or diagonal	Battery
(H) When a piece has no protection	Hanging piece
(R) When you remove a piece than guards a certain square	Removing the defender

Hint	Answer
(A) When you give a check to the king without the piece having any defenders to get a checkmate or get a better position	Attraction
(D) When you remove a defender without capturing it	Deflection/Decoy
(U) When you promote to a Rook,knight or bishop it is usually done to avoid stalemates	Underpromotion
(D) When a piece is trapped so it has to do maximum damage before it gets captured	Desperado
(P) When a pawn has no opposing pawn and can only br stopped by other pieces	Passed pawn
(Z) When a player is forced to move and it just worsens their position	Zugzwang
(O) When a piece is guarding 2 or more pieces from getting attacked and if one is taken then the other loses protection	Overloading

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1 Comments

Level 43

Jul 11, 2024

accept "hanging" for hanging piece and trap/trapped for trapped piece