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Updated: May 15, 2008, 3:41 AM | 3 | Tactics

Overloading is when a piece is assigned to protect two or more other pieces, squares or threats at the same time. In situations like this opportunities often arise to benefit from the overloading by distracting the piece from one or several of its protecting tasks.

Here are two examples:


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