Skewer (chess)
As a skewer is known in chess , a tactic element , in which Dame , Tower or runners a quality piece of the opponent threatening, such as the opposing king offer chess, and threaten a figure located behind the King after his departure or beat. The skewer is a form of double attack .
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Example: “impaled” lady
bondage , with the main difference that here the more valuable figure stands before the one with a lower value. The opponent is urged to bring this piece to safety, whereby the lower value piece is exposed and can be defeated. A spit can only be realized with a queen, bishop or rook.
The skewer is related to theIn the example on the left, the black queen is “impaled” by the white bishop. The black player will sensibly move the queen, making the rook vulnerable. The problem in this example is not absolute: the black player will in all likelihood remove the queen from the threat, but does not necessarily have to.
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impaled king
In contrast to this, in the second example (right) the white king is “impaled” in an absolute way: he cannot beat the black bishop, and he cannot remain in check. Therefore must white carry the king. Black gives his bishop for the white queen and thus gains sufficient material advantage to win the game. Spits are less common than bondage in games between skilled chess players. However, they are stronger, since the attacked player can only rarely avoid a loss of material, and they often have a decisive effect on the game.
Examples
- Study by Josef Kling Chess Weekly, 1849
- Study by Alexei Sergejewitsch Seleznjow , Shachmaty, 1924
- Study by Ado Kraemer and Walther Freiherr von Holzhausen , Magdeburger Zeitung, 1930
- Study by Alexander Hildebrand , Lommer anniversary tournament, 1970
Web link
- Study by Michail Sinar, Tscherwony Girnik, 1977 with multiple echoes of a skewer