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

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

From Chess Strategy by Du Mont, J.

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 Du Mont, J.

The latter could not then capture the Queen's Pawn on account of a discovered check, e.g. l2.

From Chess Strategy by Du Mont, J.

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