What is Windmill in chess?
Alternating checks from a rook and bishop that force the king back and forth while picking off material.
Each time the king is checked and moves, the other piece captures a free enemy piece and delivers another check. The sequence can win enormous amounts of material in just a few moves.
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- X-ray attackA piece attacks or defends through another piece that stands in the way.
- DesperadoA piece that is going to be captured anyway, so it grabs as much material as possible before it dies.
- InterferencePlacing a piece on a square to cut the communication between two enemy pieces.
- 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.