In chess, a tactic is a sequence of moves that each makes one or more immediate threats – a check, a material threat, a checkmating sequence threat, or...

(also known as removal of the guard, or removing the defender) is a chess tactic in which a defensive piece is captured, leaving one of the opponent's...

Overloading (also overworking) is a chess tactic in which a defensive piece is given an additional defensive assignment which it cannot complete without...

defender is interrupted by sacrificially interposing a piece. It is a chess tactic which seldom arises, and is therefore often overlooked. Opportunities...

or battlefield Chess tactics Political tactics TACTIC (military program), a U.S. military research program conducted by DARPA TACTIC (web framework)...

[ˈtsvɪʃənˌtsuːk], "intermediate move"; also called an in-between move) is a chess tactic in which a player, instead of playing the expected move (commonly a recapture)...

A block is a defensive tactic in chess in response to an attack, consisting of interposing a piece between the opponent's attacking piece and the piece...

escaped only by moving the king. Sometimes a given check is part of a chess tactic such as a fork, a skewer, or a discovered attack on another piece. In...

This example uses algebraic notation. Deflection in chess is a tactic that forces an opposing piece to leave the square, rank or file it occupies, thus...

When annotating chess games, commentators frequently use widely recognized annotation symbols. Question marks and exclamation points that denote a move...

Triangulation is a tactic used in chess to put one's opponent in zugzwang (a position in which it is a disadvantage to move). Triangulation is also called...

A tactic is a conceptual action or short series of actions with the aim of achieving a short-term goal. This action can be implemented as one or more specific...

possibility of being captured by a pawn on an adjacent file. Chess tactics – a chess tactic is a move or sequence of moves which may result in tangible...

In chess, a pin is a tactic in which a defending piece cannot move out of an attacking piece's line of attack without exposing a more valuable defending...

In chess, a fork is a tactic in which a piece attacks multiple enemy pieces simultaneously. The attacker usually aims to capture one of the forked pieces...

The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1,500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India; its prehistory is the subject...

Undermine (Warcraft), a fictional location in Warcraft Undermining (chess), a chess tactic in which a defensive piece is captured Social undermining, the opposite...

Hook-and-ladder truck, a firefighting apparatus Hook and ladder (chess), or deflection sacrifice, a chess tactic Hook and ladder (football), a type of trick play used...

In chess, a decoy is a tactic that lures an enemy man off its square and away from its defensive role. Typically this means away from a square on which...

A pawn storm, sometimes called a pawn avalanche, is a chess tactic in which several pawns are moved in rapid succession toward the opponent's defenses...

In chess, a windmill (or seesaw) is a tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating...

infraction in the sport of ice hockey and lacrosse. Cross-check (chess), a chess tactic of blocking a check with a check to force the exchange of pieces...

In chess, an X-ray or X-ray attack is a tactic where a piece indirectly controls a square from the other side of an intervening piece. Generally, a piece...

a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of...

"unauthorized autobiography" by Ray Davies of the Kinks X-ray (chess), a chess tactic X-Ray (film) or Hospital Massacre, a 1982 slasher film "X-Ray" (song)...

In chess, a combination is a sequence of moves, often initiated by a sacrifice, which leaves the opponent few options and results in tangible gain. At...

Rooney InterMezzo (play), a 1933 play by Jean Giraudoux Intermezzo (chess), a chess tactic, more commonly called a Zwischenzug InterMezzo (file system), a...

A battery in chess is a formation that consists of two or more pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal. It is a tactic involved in planning a series...

difference Squeeze (chess) or zugzwang, a chess tactic Squeeze play (baseball), a type of sacrifice in baseball Squeeze play (bridge), a tactic in contract bridge...

wrestling move Pin (bridge), a maneuver in the game of bridge Pin (chess), a chess tactic Bowling pin, the target of a bowling ball Piame language (ISO 639...