2 of the same pieces pinned

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1RedKnight99

If two of the same pieces are pinned, is it called a pin or a skewer? An example:



blueemu

Thaat's a skewer... unless, for positional reasons, the LSB is more valuable than the DSB.

With a pin, the piece furthest away is the more valuable one.

neo-metacrash

I don't think it's either.

We should call it a pisk or a skin.

BlessedStar
neo-metacrash wrote:

I don't think it's either.

We should call it a pisk or a skin.

or piskewern

1RedKnight99

I know sometimes Black's DSB is considered more important, and White's LSB. So what about this:

Or 2 Knights:




neo-metacrash
jrzmath99 wrote:

I know sometimes Black's DSB is considered more important, and White's LSB. So what about this:

 

Or 2 Knights:

 






Berder

It's more like a skewer because skewers usually immediately win material, as does this.  In contrast pins don't usually immediately win material, they simply restrict the opponent's position.

adamplenty

My understanding is that it's only a pin if the pinned piece is pinned to a more valuable piece. If it's pinned to a piece of equal or lesser value, it's called a skewer.