08 Feb 09
Originally posted by tamuziAll double checks are discovered checks (I think) and since a pawn moves on a straight line but checks on a diagonal, the pawn moving out from its home square (hence the en passant you talked about) and checking the enemy King could not uncover another attack.
I'm just trying to run through positions with en passant that would capture the pawn making the check and then block the second check.
09 Feb 09
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Originally posted by greenpawn34And if there was such a thing as a triple check, then a great tragedy would be that there's no such thing as a quadruple check! 🙂
Double check is the strongest of all checks.
It's one of the great tragedies in chess that there is no such thing as a triple check.
09 Feb 09
Originally posted by greenpawn34stand next to an opposing king without putting it in check
An old one - but a good one.
[b]Name one thing the Queen cannot do that every other Chess piece can?
If you know the answer give the rest of a the boys a few hours to
figure it out - though the clue is obvious.[/b]
10 Feb 09
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Originally posted by greenpawn34Hmm...here's a different answer than the usual one.
An old one - but a good one.
[b]Name one thing the Queen cannot do that every other Chess piece can?
If you know the answer give the rest of a the boys a few hours to
figure it out - though the clue is obvious.[/b]
In a non-checking situation, a Queen cannot have 0 legal moves with less than 3 other pieces of her own color on the board.