Tempo self-pin

The piece making the tempo move is self-pinning or will be pinned later.

See also: Tempo move; Tempo maneuver.

Gavrilovski, Zoran

Liga Problemista, 1996

4-5 Place

Example: Tempo self-pin
h#2 b) bBg4  (6+8)

a) 1.Sxf2 Rd4 2.Kf5 Bg4#
b) 1.Bxf3 Sc5+ 2.Kf6 Sg4#

View in Helpmate Analyzer

FEN: 5K2/3Np1n1/3pk1qb/3R2p1/6n1/5B2/5N2/5R2

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