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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Pin(chess)

Hi.

What's the difference between blocking a pin and breaking a pin?


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This is how these terms sound to me. White blocked the pin. He prevented the pin from occurring.

— Clive

  • This is how these terms sound to me.
  • White blocked the pin.
  • He prevented the pin from occurring.
  • White broke the pin .
  • Black achieved the pin, but then White destroyed it, eg by taking the Black piece than was doing the pinning.
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This is how these terms sound to me.

White blocked the pin. He prevented the pin from occurring.

White broke the pin. Black achieved the pin, but then White destroyed it,
eg by taking the Black piece than was doing the pinning.
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