A theme in composition in which the movement of a defending piece to block an attacker automatically clears the way for a second attacker.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for.
Hans Ree
Carlsen simply plays chess well. It seems to me that in such cases people are inclined to look for some supernatural explanation, although the simplest explanation is also the most appropriate: the guy simply plays chess well.
Alexander Grischuk 2014
What am I doing in this pool of piranhas?
Nigel Short 2017
Some twenty years ago an English journalist complained that in sports, only chess and marbles were above suspicion. One wonders what has happened in the world of marbles.
Hans Ree
This one hour allows me to put the problem into the background and then, when I come back, I am much more rational and less emotional about the particular problem and I can think better about it.
G. Borg 2016