单词 | halfpin |
释义 | > as lemmashalf-pin half-pin n. Chess a position in which two pieces of the same colour are positioned on a line between their own king and an opposing queen, rook, or bishop, so that moving either of the two from that line would leave the other one pinned against the king; a chess problem in which such a position features, esp. one in which a checkmate resulting from either piece moving depends on the fact that the remaining piece is pinned.Such positions can easily occur in games, but the term half-pin is used almost exclusively with reference to chess problems.Cf. slightly earlier half-pinned adj. ΘΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > positions stale1423 wardc1475 stalemate1765 Zugzwang1904 interference1913 1917 Good Compan. Chess Probl. Club 1 Jan. 73 A splendid and original example of the popular half-pin. 1926 G. Hume & A. C. White Weenink's Chess Probl. 71 By a Half-pin is understood an arrangement where two Black pieces stand in line in such a way that if either one moves the other becomes pinned by a White piece which has been standing behind both of them waiting to exert its pinning powers. 2015 Independent (Nexis) 5 Oct. 42 In addition to the half-pin there is another structure involving the b6-rook and the two pawns between it and the black king. half-pin half-pin n. Chess that position in which a defending man lies between an attacking piece and the defended king and in the line of attack of the attacking piece, but has liberty to move along the line of attack; (also) that position in which two defending men lie between the attacking piece and the king so that if either moves the other man becomes pinned. ΚΠ 1922 G. Hume & A. C. White Good Compan. Two-mover 245 The term ‘half-pin’ arose in 1915, in correspondence between Comins Mansfield and Murray Marble anent No. 122 D, a surprising example, with six half-pins... Greenwood, the composer of this problem, had published a complete half-pinner in 1859. 1926 G. Hume & A. C. White Weenink's Chess Probl. 71 By a Half-pin is understood an arrangement where two Black pieces stand in line in such a way that if either one moves the other becomes pinned by a White piece which has been standing behind both of them waiting to exert its pinning powers. 1928 Observer 24 June 25 These three variations are highly complex, the first two illustrating the unpin of the White Q by half-pinned Black Kt's; the third is a half-pin line combined with Black interference. < as lemmas |
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