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Pins are the first essential Chess tactic we'll look at.
If a piece is pinned, it means that either a rook, queen or bishop can see an undefended or more valuable piece behind it.
So, if the piece in the middle of the attacker and the target moves, it would blunder the undefended piece.
This can be a little confusing to understand, so lets look at some examples.
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Pins are the first essential Chess tactic we'll look at.
If a piece is pinned, it means that either a rook, queen or bishop can see an undefended or more valuable piece behind it.
So, if the piece in the middle of the attacker and the target moves, it would blunder the undefended piece.
This can be a little confusing to understand, so lets look at some examples.
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Pins are the first essential Chess tactic we'll look at.
If a piece is pinned, it means that either a rook, queen or bishop can see an undefended or more valuable piece behind it.
So, if the piece in the middle of the attacker and the target moves, it would blunder the undefended piece.
This can be a little confusing to understand, so lets look at some examples.
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Pins are the first essential Chess tactic we'll look at.
If a piece is pinned, it means that either a rook, queen or bishop can see an undefended or more valuable piece behind it.
So, if the piece in the middle of the attacker and the target moves, it would blunder the undefended piece.
This can be a little confusing to understand, so lets look at some examples.
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Pins are the first essential Chess tactic we'll look at.
If a piece is pinned, it means that either a rook, queen or bishop can see an undefended or more valuable piece behind it.
So, if the piece in the middle of the attacker and the target moves, it would blunder the undefended piece.
This can be a little confusing to understand, so lets look at some examples.
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Pins are the first essential Chess tactic we'll look at.
If a piece is pinned, it means that either a rook, queen or bishop can see an undefended or more valuable piece behind it.
So, if the piece in the middle of the attacker and the target moves, it would blunder the undefended piece.
This can be a little confusing to understand, so lets look at some examples.
Learning how to checkmate is integral to mastering not only the middlegame, but Chess as a whole. There are hundreds of ways you can checkmate your opponent, but lets look at a handful that will come up in your games the most.