If there is a double check in chess, could there be a triple check?
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Dec 23, 2019
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#3
Even special moves like en passant or castling cannot create a triple check.
Dec 23, 2019
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#4
If you uncover the attack of two pieces, unfortunately those lines of attack always converge on the friendly piece that uncovered them. So you're limited to a double check with discovered check (one check from the uncovered piece and one from the piece that moved).
But because you only get to move 1 piece per turn, and because 1 piece can only give 1 check, there's no other way of getting more than 1 check.
Therefore 3 is impossible.
Dec 23, 2019
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#5
There can be a triple attack, but not triple check.
An example of a triple attack and a double check is the following (either knight check is a double attack on the king and a triple Attack overall with the discovered attack of the rook hitting the queen.
omnipaul wrote:
This position has a triple check, but it is an illegal move.
I didn't see it at first. Yes, the queen and knight are invisible, so any move by the invisible pieces is illegal.
Dec 23, 2019
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lfPatriotGames wrote:
omnipaul wrote:
This position has a triple check, but it is an illegal move.
I didn't see it at first. Yes, the queen and knight are invisible, so any move by the invisible pieces is illegal.
Funny, but no. No invisible pieces needed for the triple check.
Dec 23, 2019
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#9
There's no legal way to get a triple check, but I've still seen it happen!
This was at a scholastic tournament (not USCF rated, so USCF rules didn't apply). I was a volunteer tournament director, and we had explicit instructions not to point out illegal moves. It was up to the players to notice such things & call for a TD. Well, this one girl put her opponent in check without either of them noticing. Her opponent made some random move, and then the first player made a move that created two checks more. The position on the board was thus triple check, and it also happened to be mate. Neither player objected about something being wrong, so that was the end of the game.
Yes, the players were very much beginners. At the same tournament, I saw another game end in a draw because someone couldn't mate with K+Q in under 50 moves. It didn't even end in stalemate, the player with the queen just moved the queen around in ways that didn't create any progress.