Tactics · regime

Goal

The Goal regime groups tactical motifs whose claim concerns the achievement of a goal specific to the mechanism described. That goal is established when the side pursuing it can achieve it against every legal defense, under the conditions defined for the motif. The claim therefore comprises both the mechanism and its outcome and cannot be reduced to the configuration produced after a move.

Example: a fork attacks two targets with one piece and wins material despite the defender’s legal replies.

Motifs: 4
Variants: 44

Taxonomic identity

Position in the grammar

Grammar: Tactics
Regime: Goal
Stable identifier: cg:tactics/goal@1

4 motifs in this regime

44 documented variants

Discovered Attack11 variantsA piece moves aside to reveal an attack from a long-range piece behind it.
Fork16 variantsA single piece attacks two or more targets at once, so the defender cannot save them all.
Interference6 variantsInterposing a piece to cut an enemy defensive line.
Skewer11 variantsA valuable piece is attacked along a line and must move, which exposes a less valuable piece behind it.

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