A discovered check is a move where one piece moves, while not checking the opponent’s king itself, to uncover a check from another piece.
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Moving a piece out of the way to check
I was recently told that you may not move a piece out of the way of a second piece to allow the second piece to put the other player in check.
For example,
I have my queen and rook lined up on a diagonal with my opponent's king.
I move my rook,…
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What is the required material to force a king move checkmate?
A fun thing to do is to try to achieve specific "achievements" (like these) in real games.
One such achievement is to checkmate with a king move. As the king itself obviously can't deliver checks, it would have to be through a discovery (or…
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Is it possible to be in check by three pieces?
Is it possible to be in check with three pieces? My thoughts so far:
A normal move can't, due to the fact that you may only unblock one piece to make a discovered check, and then that piece may also threaten.
Castling also can't, due to the fact…
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Examples Of Unconventional Batteries
I recently played a funny blitz game on Lichess as White in which an usual battery was formed.
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1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. e4 Nxe5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bc4 Bc5 8. Bxf7 Nf6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Bb3 Nxf2 11. Rxf2…
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