Forcing moves

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A forcing move is a move to which opponent has to answer locally to defend against an immediate threat.

Examples

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In this position blue player has 2 forcing moves to make - c4 and c3. In case of playing c3, red has to defend with c4. In case of playing c4, red has to defend with c3. Otherwise red loses the game.