Cornering

In a ladder situation when no ladder escape exists, the attacking player can ladder into a corner and create a "quasi-escape piece" at the very last minute. This play is called cornering.

Example:

R5 C10 Vc1 Vb3 Hb4 Vc3 Hc4 Vd3 Hd4 Ve3 He4 Vf3 Hf4 Vg3 Hg4 Vi3

This results in a new ladder, but now the attacking player is defending instead.