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The pin and scewer

melzerh
| 1 | Tactics

A pin is when you keep a piece in place, so your opponet doesn't lose a better piece like so:

 

 

 

 

 

 

A scewer is when you opponet is force to move a better piece, and then you take a less value like this:

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