CLEARANCE

The removal of a piece of a square so that the square can be used by another piece for better threat. Term ofter used in chess composition. The opposition of clearance is interference. Line clearance, also known as the Bristol, is a particular type of line vacation in which a piece moves along a line so that another piece can move a shorter distance behind it along the same line.

[Event "Bristol tourney"] [Site "?"] [Date "1861.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Frank Healey"] [Black "Mate in 3 moves?"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1n3Np1/1N4Q1/1bkP4/p1p2p2/P1P2R2/3P2PK/B2R4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "5"] 1. Rh1 $1 Be8 2. Qb1 Bb5 (2... g6 3. Qb4#) 3. Qb4+ * You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

16. “By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don’t swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking. Anatoly Karpov
I’ve been playing chess professionally for 35 years! It’s a long time, and when people can still say that they enjoy my chess, that’s great. Nigel Short
2016
Never felt more like singin’ the blues, cos I never thought that I’d ever lose… Vladimir Kramnik 2017
With the modern computer age, there are some new ideas, but the principles are basically the same… I try not to over-focus on preparation. Magnus Carlsen
2012
Every chessmaster was once a beginner. Irving Chernev

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