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skewer

chess tactic in which one attacks a valuable piece, which the opponent is compelled to move at the cost of losing a less valuable piece behind it
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skewer

Summary

skewer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • skewer's video is recorded as Chess-tactics-image skewer-attack absolute.gif[2].
  • skewer's image is recorded as Chess skewer bishop.png[3].
  • enfilade is named after skewer[4].
  • skewer's subclass of is recorded as chess tactic[5].
  • skewer's subclass of is recorded as chess attack[6].
  • skewer's opposite of is recorded as pin[7].
  • skewer's sport is recorded as chess[8].
  • skewer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025twv[9].

Why It Matters

skewer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[1] skewer has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] skewer is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). skewer. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/skewer-q1199183
MLA “skewer.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/skewer-q1199183.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_skewer-q1199183_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{skewer}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/skewer-q1199183}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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