What is Overloading in chess?
Giving one defender too many jobs so it can't cover them all.
If a single piece is the only defender of two things, attack one - when it moves to defend, the other falls.
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- DeflectionForcing a defending piece away from the square or piece it protects.
- DecoyLuring an enemy piece (often the king) to a bad square.
- 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.