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
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
I never make mistakes in chess, I only have hallucinations!
Vlastimil Hort 1987
You can’t look too annoyed or they’ll look for the mistake you’ve made. A lot of the time it’s about looking for these opportunities and if you give them a clue, the good players will find it.
Magnus Carlsen 2016
For goodness’ sake, how could Kasparov, after all his matches against Karpov, support him in the FIDE President elections? What sort of unprincipled person do you have to be? I would never understand that.
Viktor Korchnoi 2012
The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made.
Savielly Tartakower
” Kasparov was like Samson, but his hair has been shorn (2000).”
Nathan Divinsky
