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A piece which is under attack On the left, the queen attacks On the left, the black rook is
can often be saved. the knight. The knight does attacked. The rook can move
The bishop at left is being not have to move away. away, but it can also capture
attacked, but he can defend Instead, the rook can protect the white rook.
himself by moving to one of the knight on c7 or b8. If Capturing (or taking) is the
the six squares marked with a White then takes the knight, third way of defence.
plus. the black rook takes the The black queen on the right
On the right, the black knight queen. can escape from the bishop's
can only move to one square At right, Black can protect attack by moving away. In
where it cannot be captured. his attacked bishop by this case it is better to take it,
moving his rook one square because the bishop is not
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On the left, the queen is There are two special ways The rook on e? is under
attacked; she can move of protecting which are attack. He can be defended in
away. Black has another way somewhat different from the various ways. In chess you
to defend himself from this previous examples. can defend yourself by:
attack. He can interpose the At left, White can protect the • moving away
bishop on b6. knight by advancing the • protecting
At right, Black can choose pawn. The pawn move frees • taking
from three ways of defending up a path for the rook. • interposing
the attacked knight. Moving On the right, the white rook
away, protecting with the is not interested in taking. Black can play either:
rook on f6, or interposing the White protects the rook by 1. ... Re7-a7 (moving away)
rook on g5. The black pawn moving it to g3. 1.... Bg7-f6 (protecting)
protects the rook. 1. ... Re7xe4 (taking)
1.... Bg7-e5 (interposing)

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