A tactic that wasn't in my repetoire?

Submitted by Zenchess on Tue, 06/10/2008 at 8:50pm.

I just played a game in which my opponent did a tactic that wasn't in my repetoire. The entire maneuver went like this:

First, he checked me on the back rank, pinning his knight to his rook.

Second, he checked me with his knight, unpinning his rook therefore discovering an attack on my rook from his rook.

I really like this tactic! In the game it didn't matter, I was already winning, but I'm trying to just focus on the tactic itself. I vaguely remember this happening to me before but I must not have took note of it. Now, I know a new trick! =)

Ah, looking at the game again, I just realized my rook on a8 is defended. Well, for the purposes of this article, just imagine the rook on a8 is UNDEFENDED and white's maneuver would win him the exchange.

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by Zenchess - 2 months ago
Omaha United States

Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 216

Yeah uh, you don't get to be 1890 uscf without knowing what a 'discovered attack' is. Lol.

The reason I posted this is because this one is a little more unique. A normal 'discovered check' is for instance when you have a rook behind a knight, and the knight moves and the rook behind it delivers check. In this case, it's not a normal discovered check at all.

The thing that is interesting about this tactic is that the rook temporarily uses the shield of the knight to attack 'through' the knight and take the rook behind it. I know that you can break this down into simple tactical themes, but the entire maneuver as a whole was not part of my repetoire, yet.

by addiction_to_chess - 2 months ago
Metro Manila Philippines

Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 144

That tactic is called a discovered attack. A piece moves out of the way of another piece which attacks a piece while the other piece attacks another piece. In the case above, white uncovers the rook attacking the rook on a8 while the knight attacks and checks the king. A discovered check, discovered attack with check (which was used in the game and is different from a discovered check since it is an attack which is is uncovered), windmill and double check all fall within this category. Here is a link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovered_attack

by likesforests - 2 months ago
United States

Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 2942

That is an interesting one. :)

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