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Subject: Re: Eureka! Voila! Ooh La La! (Thanks Uri!)

Author: Reinhard Scharnagl

Date: 07:43:35 12/04/05

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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

Albert,

the subject was to have two checks neither coming from the piece itself.

Reinhard.



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