The difference between Absolute pin and Partial pin

When used as nouns, absolute pin means a pin in which moving away the pinned piece would illegally expose the king to check, whereas partial pin means a pin where a rook or queen is pinned along a file, or a bishop or queen is pinned along a diagonal.


check bellow for the other definitions of Absolute pin and Partial pin

  1. Absolute pin as a noun (chess):

    A pin in which moving away the pinned piece would illegally expose the king to check.

  1. Partial pin as a noun (chess):

    A pin where a rook or queen is pinned along a file, or a bishop or queen is pinned along a diagonal.

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