The staircase maneuver (or staircase movement) is a tactical motif that employs the idea of a series of checks, or alternation between pins and checks, to advance a queen, rook, or king along a diagonal via a series of stepped orthogonal moves. == Examples == Staircase maneuvers tend to occur in queen and pawn endgames, where the defender has advanced pawns on the seventh rank.
The staircase maneuver (or staircase movement) is a tactical motif that employs the idea of a series of checks, or alternation between pins and checks, to advance a queen, rook, or king along a diagonal via a series of stepped orthogonal moves. == Examples == Staircase maneuvers tend to occur in queen and pawn endgames, where the defender has advanced pawns on the seventh rank.
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