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Weak Square

An important square that cannot be defended by pawns.From the illustration, in the right, Black has obvious dark square weaknesses. However, it is worth bearing in mind that this dark square weakness is a weakness of the light squares too. An attack along the dark squares involves White putting pieces on dark squares and attacking the Black pieces, which are on light squares but have nowhere to go. White wins with ease.

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Windmill

A combination in which two pieces work together to deliver an alternating series of checks and discovered checks in such a way that the opposing king is required to move on each turn. It is a potent technique since on every other move, the discovered check may allow the non-checking piece to capture an enemy piece without losing a tempo. The most famous example is Torre–Lasker, Moscow 1925. Also called a see-saw. (See Example). Torre wins with a queen sacrifice, as his rook and bishop form a grindstone that crushes Black with a series of checks and discovered checks resulting in black`s resignation.

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