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September 30, 2020
Tactics 101: Skewers – the Backward Pin
This entry is part 5 of 11 in the series Tactics

KEY TAKEAWAYS Skewers are like backward pins – a valuable piece is forced to move, leaving a piece behind it to be taken Skewers occur infrequently but are extremely powerful Only Bishops, Rooks, and Queens can skewer Background From all tactics, the skewer is perhaps one of the deadliest as it almost guarantees you will […]

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