The pin is by far the most frequent used tactical theme. It may be defined as an attack on a piece which will screen a second piece from attack. The unit attacked in this way is said to be pinned. If attacked with enough force and ingenuity, it can often be won or completely disabled. Once we are familiar with pinning motif, we became used to the idea of creating pins. See in the diagram.
Here white first sacrifices in order to win black’s Queen by means of pin. A frequent use of pin is to “Pile up” on the piece with an effective pawn advances
It is a long move that has to be well planned and proper executed. Pinning is like using their own power to win their own power. Many masters practice pinning since its being a classical move, it favors both black and white in equal shares. Well known side is always successful.
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