Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:59:45 12/04/05
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On December 04, 2005 at 10:43:35, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote:
>On December 04, 2005 at 10:30:47, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>Maybe I'm not understanding, but a double discovered check, compared to a plain
>>discovered check, is nothing unusual, and is a common theme in tactics.
>>
>>For example,
>>
>>[D]3k4/8/8/8/8/8/3B2K1/3R4 w - - 0 1
>>
>>1.Ba5+ or 1.Bg5+ lead to a double discovered check. The king being in check by
>>two pieces at once as a result of a discovered check. Philidor's mate is one of
>>the most famous examples of it in practice:
>>
>>[D]5rk1/5Npp/1q6/8/2Q5/8/6K1/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>after 1.Nh6+ and a double discovered check, Black gets mated.
>>
>
>Albert,
>
>the subject was to have two checks neither coming from the piece itself.
>
>Reinhard.
Ah ok. Thanks for clearing that up.
Albert
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