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Chess tactics

X-ray

A piece attacks or defends through another piece on the same line.

Example

Your rook on d1 'sees' through your queen.

  1. 1. Qxd7: Trade queens.
  2. 1... Rxd7: Black takes back…
  3. 2. Rxd7: …and the rook behind the queen takes too. A whole rook up.

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