Double check

Is there any possible response to being placed in a double check that is legal, will escape the check and is not played by the king?

Only if you count resigning. If you're in double check then you have to move your king.

Double check is the strongest of all checks.

Even the best defended King must run when hit with a double check.



1.Rb8 Mate.

It's one of the great tragedies in chess that there is no such thing as a triple check.

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. But I not seeing it yet.

Originally posted by tamuzi
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.

All 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.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
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.

And 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! 🙂

Originally posted by tamuzi
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. But I not seeing it yet.

It is not possible. The pawn that makes the ep capture must end up a Knight's move away from his own K.

An old one - but a good one.

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.

Hm..... To be a man ? 😵

Originally posted by greenpawn34
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]

stand next to an opposing king without putting it in check

Originally posted by duecer
stand next to an opposing king without putting it in check

Edit: I made a stupid post

Originally posted by Meadows
Edit: I made a stupid post

That never stops me! 🙂

Originally posted by duecer
stand next to an opposing king without putting it in check

A King also can't do that. Nice try, though.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
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]

Hmm...here's a different answer than the usual one.

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.

Originally posted by SwissGambit
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.

I can hardly wait to get to my games and put THAT info to good use! 1900, here I come. 😛