When looking at the chess position of the next diagram you may notice that White’s bishop at g2 is able to pin Black’s bishop at e6, but this can’t be called a real pin.
If White plays Bd5 then Black can just capture the bishop. In this specific case 33.Bd5 will probably be followed [...]
In some of the previous lessons we have learned about the pin and how we could make use of a pin in order to win a piece. All these lessons started with a position in which two enemy pieces were aligned with each other. In order to create an absolute pin the opponent’s king has [...]
Before we start with a new lesson about the pin we are going to repeat the four things that we have learned about the pin in our previous lessons:
1. Remember the difference between an absolute and a relative pin.
An absolute pin
Black is not allowed to move the knight on c6.
A relative pin
Black is allowed to [...]
I have created some knight fork exercises. The knight fork is the most common fork, because the way the knight moves makes it more likely that the threat is overlooked.
Let’s have a look at the next diagram taken from a real game played in 2007. It is White’s turn to move.
Before reading further try to figure this out by yourself.