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Attacks,
the offensive interpretation of square control - in particular if occupied by opponent pawns or pieces, threatening to capture them. The antonym of attack is Defense, controlling squares which are potentially or actually occupied by own pieces or pawns, with the option to recapture an attacker.
Contents
Attack Topics
- Attack and Defend Maps
- Attack Spans
- Check
- Discovered Attack
- Double Attack
- En prise
- Hanging Piece
- King Attacks
- Knight Attacks
- Loose Piece
- Minority Attack
- MVV/LVA
- Pawn Attacks
- Pursuit
- SEE - The Swap Algorithm
- Sliding Piece Attacks
- Square Attacked By
- Square Control
- Static Exchange Evaluation
- Vector Attacks
- X-ray
- X-ray Attacks
See also
External Links
- Glossary of chess - A from Wikipedia
- Attack from Wikipedia
- Attack (fencing) from Wikipedia
- Cyberattack from Wikipedia
- Offensive (military) from Wikipedia