Overloading
One defender, two jobs. Make it choose.
Example
The rook on d8 has two jobs: guard the knight and guard the back rank.
- 1. Rxd5: Take the knight.
- 1... Rxd5: If the rook takes back…
- 2. Re8#: …it has left the back rank. Mate.
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