the kings position

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the king is in the original position. opposing rook lined up 5 spaces directly in front of the king with the kings knight between the two of them. Its the kings side turn. Can the knight be moved out of the direct line? and if not what is that called. It's not check. Is it just not a legal move? I know this is a dumb question. I'm a beginner.

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[+1] - Robert Gentel - 04/22/2009You mean something like this? Where it's white's move and the knight can't be moved? [chess] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4k3/8/4r3/8/4N3/8/8/4K3 w - - 0 1"] [/chess] That is...

@jvfoste,

You mean something like this? Where it's white's move and the knight can't be moved?

That is called to "pin" the piece (the knight in this case) and specifically an "absolute pin" because the king is protected and it's illegal to move the piece. So you'd say that the knight is "absolutely pinned".

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