Every NFL player on every NFL team walks out of their locker room and onto the field each game day with a stain on their jersey. I think that’s what any sensible person would do, just try and get rid of the stain.įor some reason, the NFL seems to disagree with me. I don’t want it to ruin the nice clean jersey that I enjoy and try my best to take care of. Smothered mate 7,643 A checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because it is surrounded (or smothered) by its own pieces.When I get that stain, I try to wash it out as soon as possible. Hook mate 4,056 Checkmate with a rook, knight, and pawn along with one enemy pawn to limit the enemy king's escape. Dovetail mate 1,372 A queen delivers mate to an adjacent king, whose only two escape squares are obstructed by friendly pieces. Double bishop mate 1,104 Two attacking bishops on adjacent diagonals deliver mate to a king obstructed by friendly pieces. Boden's mate 995 Two attacking bishops on criss-crossing diagonals deliver mate to a king obstructed by friendly pieces. Back rank mate 95,466 Checkmate the king on the home rank, when it is trapped there by its own pieces. Arabian mate 2,853 A knight and a rook team up to trap the opposing king on a corner of the board. Anastasia's mate 3,014 A knight and rook or queen team up to trap the opposing king between the side of the board and a friendly piece. Mate in 5 or more 2,885 Figure out a long mating sequence. Mate in 4 12,948 Deliver checkmate in four moves. Mate in 3 89,679 Deliver checkmate in three moves. Mate in 2 362,164 Deliver checkmate in two moves. Mate in 1 245,845 Deliver checkmate in one move. MatesĬheckmate 713,521 Win the game with style. Zugzwang 22,718 The opponent is limited in the moves they can make, and all moves worsen their position. X-Ray attack 10,617 A piece attacks or defends a square, through an enemy piece. Quiet move 119,915 A move that does neither make a check or capture, nor an immediate threat to capture, but does prepare a more hidden unavoidable threat for a later move. Also known as "Zwischenzug" or "In between". Intermezzo 47,499 Instead of playing the expected move, first interpose another move posing an immediate threat that the opponent must answer. Interference 13,136 Moving a piece between two opponent pieces to leave one or both opponent pieces undefended, such as a knight on a defended square between two rooks. Deflection 133,639 A move that distracts an opponent piece from another duty that it performs, such as guarding a key square. Defensive move 190,080 A precise move or sequence of moves that is needed to avoid losing material or another advantage. Clearance 44,315 A move, often with tempo, that clears a square, file or diagonal for a follow-up tactical idea. AdvancedĪttraction 107,314 An exchange or sacrifice encouraging or forcing an opponent piece to a square that allows a follow-up tactic. Trapped piece 50,003 A piece is unable to escape capture as it has limited moves. Skewer 70,323 A motif involving a high value piece being attacked, moving out the way, and allowing a lower value piece behind it to be captured or attacked, the inverse of a pin. Sacrifice 223,068 A tactic involving giving up material in the short-term, to gain an advantage again after a forced sequence of moves. Queenside attack 40,680 An attack of the opponent's king, after they castled on the queen side. Pin 207,388 A tactic involving pins, where a piece is unable to move without revealing an attack on a higher value piece. Kingside attack 235,798 An attack of the opponent's king, after they castled on the king side. Hanging piece 140,678 A tactic involving an opponent piece being undefended or insufficiently defended and free to capture. Fork 473,949 A move where the moved piece attacks two opponent pieces at once. Exposed king 84,055 A tactic involving a king with few defenders around it, often leading to checkmate. Double check 14,883 Checking with two pieces at once, as a result of a discovered attack where both the moving piece and the unveiled piece attack the opponent's king. Discovered attack 186,598 Moving a piece (such as a knight), that previously blocked an attack by a long range piece (such as a rook), out of the way of that piece. Capture the defender 28,973 Removing a piece that is critical to defence of another piece, allowing the now undefended piece to be captured on a following move. Attacking f2 or f7 15,845 An attack focusing on the f2 or f7 pawn, such as in the fried liver opening. Advanced pawn 165,196 One of your pawns is deep into the opponent position, maybe threatening to promote.
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