noun
fork; double attack
In chess or shogi, a tactic where one piece simultaneously attacks two or more enemy pieces, forcing the opponent to lose material.
将棋で両取りをかけるのは基本的な戦術だ。
Setting up a fork is a basic tactic in shogi.
彼はナイトで両取りを狙った。
He aimed for a fork with his knight.
The English loanword 'fork' is sometimes used in chess contexts, but 両取り is the native Japanese term.
Compound of 両 (ryō, 'both') and 取り (tori, 'taking'), literally 'taking both'. The term is used in board games to describe attacking two pieces at once.