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
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Quotes of the Day
People knew about 110 years of chess history. Nowadays, nobody is able to tell you the name of the world champion of 2000.
Anatoly Karpov 2005
Garry has done a lot over the chess board – unbelievable things. He is the greatest world champion in the chess history. The question is what he has done for the federations, what he has done for his own federation.
Georgios Makropoulos 2013
It is not possible to become a great player without having learned how to analyse deeply and accurately.
Mark Dvoretsky
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower
Vasiukov hadn’t won a single game against me for 59 years and then suddenly won. I can’t call it shame. Shame or no shame, it’s a pity that he won…
Viktor Korchnoi 2012
