Month 01
Month 01 · Week 03
Pins, Skewers & Discoveries
Line tactics decide open positions and punish careless piece placement.
Objective
Exploit and break pins; execute skewers and discoveries.
You already know
Fork geometry and CCT.
Topics
- Absolute and relative pins
- Exploiting and breaking pins
- Skewers
- Discovered attacks and checks
- Double attacks
Lesson timeline
- Day 15Absolute & Relative PinsDistinguish illegal moves from pressure pins.90 min
- Day 16Exploiting & Breaking PinsAttack the pinned piece; unpin safely.85 min
- Day 17SkewersAttack through a valuable piece to win the one behind.80 min
- Day 18Discovered AttacksOpen a battery so the rear piece suddenly attacks.95 min
- Day 19Double Attacks CombinedBlend forks, pins, and discoveries into one scan.90 min
- Day 20Line-Tactic BootcampTimed accuracy on pins, skewers, discoveries.100 min
- Day 21Week 3 ReviewReviewCertify line-tactic competence.90 min
End-of-week review test
- 01Absolute vs relative pin with examples.
- 02Construct a skewer against king and rook.
- 03Explain why double check leaves almost no defense.