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Breaking Pins
Practice Position C

Black to move

Black's knight on c3 is pinned to the queen, and attacked three times.  What forcing move can Black employ to break the pin and save the game?

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1...Nxe2  and now White's own queen is attacked, too.  White can either exchange queens (not the best choice, as it allows Black to retain the initiative with moves like ...Nbc6) or recapture the knight with 2.Bxe2

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