partial pin

English

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

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)

1. (chess) A pin where a rook or queen is pinned along a file, or a bishop or queen is pinned along a diagonal.

See also

• absolute pin
• relative pin

Further reading

• Pin (chess) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia