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What is a Discovered Check in chess?
- Check
- Reveal
- Forcing
A discovered attack where the revealed piece gives check.
Where the term comes from
Discovered attacks have been recognised since the earliest European chess literature, and Greco's seventeenth-century manuscripts are full of them. They remain the hardest tactic for club players to see, because the piece that delivers the blow is not the piece that moves.
Discovered Check FAQ
What is a discovered check in chess?
A discovered attack where the revealed piece gives check.
Train this pattern on your own games
Reading a definition is not the same as spotting the pattern with a clock running. Chessiro's free game review runs Stockfish 18 over every move you play, names the concept behind each mistake, and turns the positions where it cost you into training puzzles. You can also see the idea in action in the classic games collection, where the greatest players in history demonstrate it.
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