Capturing
Capturing is a chess term. To capture an opponent's piece is to move one of your own pieces to where it is, and remove it from the board.
You generally want to avoid your opponent capturing your pieces, especially the more valuable ones. You can prevent this by protecting them.
Chess terms: Attacking | Broad centre | Capturing | Check | Hanging | Interposing | Line piece | Material | Open file | Piece | Reply
