List of important chess tactics motifs/themes
- Pin tactics
- Skewer tactics
- Discovered attacks
- X-Ray tactics
- Double attacks / Forks
- Clearing lines
- Trapping pieces
- Capture the defender
- Attack the defender
- Overload the defender
- Attraction tactics
- Interference tactics
- Clearance tactics
- Hit-And-Run tactics
- Passed-pawn tactics
- Zuchzwang tactics
- Zwichenzug tactics
- Saving the draw
- Creative combinations
- Common checkmate patterns
- Escape tactics
