Clearance
Moving a piece out of the way so another piece can use its square or line.
A clearance sacrifice or maneuver moves a piece off a square, rank, file or diagonal — often at a material cost — purely to open that line for a different piece to deliver the real blow.
Related terms
Practice this
Real puzzles from our archive that train the Clearance pattern.
Browse 9,565 puzzles tagged Clearance →See it in a famous game