How to Beat Anyone at Chess by Ethan Moore

Author:Ethan Moore [Moore, Ethan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Adams Media, Inc.

The discovered attack is on the rook, and the shielding piece is giving check.

1. … Bxf6 2. Bxa8 Rxa8.

DOUBLE CHECK

Since either piece can deliver check in a double attack, one wonders whether both can do so at the same time. And in fact they can. This little bit of overkill is known as a double check.

When both pieces deliver check at the same time, the enemy is placed in an immediate quandary. Just think back to the three possible ways out of check. In a double check you cannot block the check, since you will only be blocking one of the two checks. You also can’t capture the checking piece unless you do so with the king itself, since otherwise the other checking piece would still be checking. The only way to defend against a double check is to move the king! Thus a double check often has devastating power.

Here are some examples of that most powerful weapon, the double check.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. 0–0 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxe4 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Nd3 15. Qe2.

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