pin
in chess, a situation brought on by an attacking piece in which a defending piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable defending piece on its other side to capture by the attacking piece
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds
0 sources
pin
Summary
pin is a technique[1]. pin draws 102 Wikipedia views per month (technique category, ranking #120 of 416).[2]
Key Facts
- pin's video is recorded as Chess-tactics-image pin-attack absolute.gif[3].
- pin's image is recorded as Chess pin bishops.png[4].
- pin's instance of is recorded as technique[5].
- pin's instance of is recorded as theme[6].
- pin's subclass of is recorded as chess tactic[7].
- pin's subclass of is recorded as chess attack[8].
- pin's part of is recorded as chess terminology[9].
- pin's part of is recorded as chess problem[10].
- pin's opposite of is recorded as skewer[11].
- pin's sport is recorded as chess[12].
- pin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ctr7[13].
- pin's facet of is recorded as chess[14].
- pin's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/pins[15].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for pin include Pinterest Inc.[16], a business[17], in United States[18], headquartered in San Francisco[19].
Why It Matters
pin draws 102 Wikipedia views per month (technique category, ranking #120 of 416).[2] pin has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] pin is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]
Entities named for pin include Pinterest Inc.[16], a business[17], in United States[18], headquartered in San Francisco[19].