What is Interference in chess?
Placing a piece on a square to cut the communication between two enemy pieces.
An interference move blocks a defending or attacking line by inserting your own piece in between. The disruption can take away a defence or break a pin.
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- Clearance sacrificeSacrificing a piece to vacate a square or line so another piece can use it.
- Trapped pieceA piece with no safe squares to move to - it can be won for free or cheaply.
- Hanging pieceAn undefended piece that can be captured for free.
- En priseA French phrase meaning a piece is in a position to be captured.
- Smothered mateCheckmate by a knight when the king is boxed in by its own pieces.
- DevelopmentBringing your knights and bishops off the back rank into the game.