X-ray
A piece attacks or defends through another piece on the same line.
Example
Your rook on d1 'sees' through your queen.
- 1. Qxd7: Trade queens.
- 1... Rxd7: Black takes back…
- 2. Rxd7: …and the rook behind the queen takes too. A whole rook up.
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