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Games; Chess

Promoting a Pawn which has reached the eighth rank to a piece other than a Queen.

Tripled Pawns

Games; Chess

Three Pawns of the same colour on a single file, one in front of the other.

Trap

Games; Chess

A way of surreptitiously luring the opponent into making a mistake or a move whose natural reply results in a disadvantage to the replying player.

Skewer

Games; Chess

A threat against a valuable piece that forces that piece to move, allowing the capture of a less valuable piece behind it, on the same rank, file, or diagonal, after the attacked piece is moved.

Simultaneous exhibition

Games; Chess

Event where a single player (usually a master or good player) play several people all at the same time. Numerous boards are set up, in a circle or rectangle, and the single player stands "inside" ...

The voluntary offer of material for compensation in space, time, Pawn structure, or even force. A sacrifice can lead to a force advantage in a particular part of the board. Unlike a combination, a ...