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A forced move is a situation where the best move (the forced move) is clearly better than the second best move. For example, after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+, black is forced to play bxc6, since other moves are clearly weaker.

Questions with this tag can be about why a move is forced, or puzzles/compositions involving forced moves.

A forced move is a situation where the best move (the forced move) is clearly better than the second best move. For example, after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+, black is forced to play bxc6, since other moves are clearly weaker. Other meanings follow as such: one side must block or capture a checking piece, unable to move their king, they have one legal move, or all moves have the same result (white must checkmate black-there is other choice.)

A forced move is a situation where the best move (the forced move) is clearly better than the second best move. For example, after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+, black is forced to play bxc6, since other moves are clearly weaker.

A forced move is a situation where the best move (the forced move) is clearly better than the second best move. For example, after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+, black is forced to play bxc6, since other moves are clearly weaker. Another meaning is that the move one side must block or capture a checking piece, as their king cannot be moved out of the way.

A forced move is a situation where the best move (the forced move) is clearly better than the second best move. For example, after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+, black is forced to play bxc6, since other moves are clearly weaker. Other meanings follow as such: one side must block or capture a checking piece, unable to move their king, they have one legal move, or all moves have the same result (white must checkmate black-there is other choice.)