discovered check

American  

noun

Chess.

1. a check that is effected by moving an intervening piece from the line of attack of a queen, rook, or bishop.

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discovered check British  

noun

1. chess check given by moving a man that has been masking a potential check from a bishop, rook, or queen

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Etymology

Origin of discovered check

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Qg5! with a devastating discovered check on tap.

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2023

Let us now turn to Lee, and see what he has been doing while Hooker thus discovered check.

From The Campaign of Chancellorsville by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault

P - B8 claiming a second queen with a discovered check, nor by claiming a knight with double check, as it is equally harmless to White.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

But after PxP e.p. there would be a fatal discovered check by the Black Knight.

From Chess Strategy by Du Mont, J.

It stood near my queen and threatened her with check, while it discovered check to my king from your bishop.

From Henry VIII and His Court by Pierce, Henry Niles