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partial_pin
partial pin
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Since the black queen is pinned to the black king by the white rook, the queen cannot be moved off the e-file. This is an example of a partial pin.
Noun
partial pin (plural partial pins)
- (chess) A pin where a rook or queen is pinned along a file, or a bishop or queen is pinned along a diagonal.