Chess Opening

  1. Kiss of Death: Q protection setup, so Q can mate
  2. Back Rank Mate: cornering the castled K to mate
  3. Boden’s Mate: sacrifice Q ⇾ mate with two B
  4. Double Attack: fork - 2 pieces under attack
  5. Pin: a piece is immobilized because moving it would expose a more valuable piece to capture.
  6. Skewer: a more valuable piece is forced to move ⇾ exposing a less valuable piece behind it to capture.
  7. Tail Mate: enemy’s own pieces restrict their king ⇾ queen mate.
    • Epaulette mate
  8. Double Check: with a Rook & Bishop

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