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

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discovered check

Qg5! with a devastating discovered check on tap.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

If Black moves the Queen, then White gives the discovered check in any case forcing the King to h7 and leading over to the variation which was originally intended.

From Chess and Checkers : the Way to Mastership by Edward Lasker

Be cautious of playing your Queen in front of your King and in subjecting yourself to a discovered check.

From The Blue Book of Chess Teaching the Rudiments of the Game, and Giving an Analysis of All the Recognized Openings by Howard Staunton

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

From The Campaign of Chancellorsville by Theodore Ayrault Dodge

P-Kt3 Not QxR, because of Q-B7ch and the loss of the Queen by a discovered check by the Bishop.

From Chess Strategy by J. Du Mont