What is Decoy in chess?
Luring an enemy piece (often the king) to a bad square.
A decoy sacrifice tempts a piece onto a square where it gets forked, pinned, or mated. Common in king-hunt combinations.
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- Smothered mateCheckmate by a knight when the king is boxed in by its own pieces.
- Perpetual checkAn endless series of checks that forces a draw by repetition.
- Elo ratingA number that estimates a player's strength from their results.
- BlunderA move that throws away material or the game, usually for nothing.
- ForkOne piece attacking two or more enemy pieces at the same time.
- PinA piece can't move because doing so would expose a more valuable piece behind it.