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STUDIES Chess Tactical Themes |
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Tactical theme that allows a material gain thanks to a move that attacks two pieces at a time. The double attack is effective only if the defender can't counterattack in turn an opponent's piece, moving one of the attacked pieces.
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DISCOVERY CHECK The attack by means of a discovery check is a deadly weapon that allows to gain material, because the defender, busy to stop the check, can't take care of the attacked piece.
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IMPRISONMENT AND DOMINATION The imprisonment is a manoeuvre that allows to cage an enemy piece in order to capture it or to make it harmless. The domination is a similar theme and concerns the absolute control of the movement of an opponent's piece in order to achieve the capture of that piece.
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ENFILADE When an opponent's piece is positioned on the same line occupied by the opponent's King, it is possible to gain a material advantage by means of the enfilade: you deliver check to the King along such line in order to capture the piece placed behind him once the King has moved.
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ZUGZWANG Zugzwang is a German compound word (literally forced move) that, in chess, indicates the disadvantage associated with the obligation to move: the zugzwang occurs when a player, that must move, has at his disposal only moves that make his position worse thus causing the defeat (or preventing the victory).
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