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The process of turning a pin ineffective. This can be done by:

Attacking the pinning piece

Removing the unit of higher value behind it

Interposing between the pinning piece and the pinned piece or between the pinned piece and the piece of higher value behind it

Deflecting the pinning piece

Counterpin

[Event " White plays and wins"] [Site ""] [Date "1981"] [Round "Rnd:1"] [White "Kasparyan"] [Black "Grzeban Jubilee"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "K7/2Pk3p/R7/8/5p2/4Q3/r5pb/7b w - - 0 1"] 1. Qd4+ Kxc7 2. Qa7+ Kd8 3. Rd6+ Kc8 4. Rc6+ Kd8 5. Qxa2 g1=Q 6. Qa5+ Ke8 7. Qe5+ Kf7 8. Qc7+ Kg8 9. Qb8+ Kg7 10. Qb7+ Kh8 11. Rc8+ Qg8 12. Rxg8+ Kxg8 13. Qxh1 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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2015
I understood that through chess I could express myself and chess became my natural language. Boris Spassky
1995
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2017
Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another. Marcel Duchamp
A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. Rudolf Spielmann

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