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A battery in chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
 is a formation that consists of two or more pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal. It is a tactic
Chess tactic

In chess, a tactic refers to a short sequence of moves which limits the opponent's options and may result in tangible gain. Tactics are usually contrasted to Chess strategy, in which advantages take longer to be realized, and the opponent is less constrained in responding....
 involved in planning a series of captures to remove the protection of the opponent's king, or to simply gain in the exchanges. Other chess authors limit battery to "an arrangement of two pieces in line with the enemy king on a rank, file, or diagonal so that if the middle piece moves a discovered check will be delivered." However, in Chessgames.com
ChessGames.com

ChessGames.com is a large chess community on the Internet, with over 100,000 members. The site maintains a large database of historical chess games where every game has a distinct message board for comments and analysis....
 blogs and game annotations of other chess websites, the term is also used in cases where moving the middle piece will uncover a threat other than a check along the opened line.

It is particularly effective to form a battery using rooks
Rook (chess)

A rook is a chess piece in the strategy board game of chess. In the past the piece was called the castle, tower, marquess, rector, and comes , and non-players still often call it a "castle"....
 because they may be combined to occupy the same rank or file.






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A battery in chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
 is a formation that consists of two or more pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal. It is a tactic
Chess tactic

In chess, a tactic refers to a short sequence of moves which limits the opponent's options and may result in tangible gain. Tactics are usually contrasted to Chess strategy, in which advantages take longer to be realized, and the opponent is less constrained in responding....
 involved in planning a series of captures to remove the protection of the opponent's king, or to simply gain in the exchanges. Other chess authors limit battery to "an arrangement of two pieces in line with the enemy king on a rank, file, or diagonal so that if the middle piece moves a discovered check will be delivered." However, in Chessgames.com
ChessGames.com

ChessGames.com is a large chess community on the Internet, with over 100,000 members. The site maintains a large database of historical chess games where every game has a distinct message board for comments and analysis....
 blogs and game annotations of other chess websites, the term is also used in cases where moving the middle piece will uncover a threat other than a check along the opened line.

It is particularly effective to form a battery using rooks
Rook (chess)

A rook is a chess piece in the strategy board game of chess. In the past the piece was called the castle, tower, marquess, rector, and comes , and non-players still often call it a "castle"....
 because they may be combined to occupy the same rank or file. In theory, bishops
Bishop (chess)

A bishop is a Chess piece in the board game of chess. Each player begins the game with two bishops. One starts between the king's Knight and the King , the other between the queen's knight and the Queen ....
 may also form a battery in a case of underpromotion of a pawn to a bishop occupying the same diagonal as the other bishop. In actual games, however, the queen
Queen (chess)

The queen is the most powerful chess piece in the game of chess. Each player starts the game with one queen, placed in the middle of their first rank next to their King ....
 and rooks are often employed.

Batteries are often used as part of a combination
Combination (chess)

In chess, a combination is a sequence of moves, often initiated by a sacrifice, which leaves the opponent few options and results in tangible gain....
 which may involve other types of chess tactics as well. In some chess openings, the queen is often involved in the set up, and becomes part of a battery but is reserved for the final capture in the series of exchange of pieces. For example, in the main line of the Closed Sicilian characterized by 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6, where White's main options are 6.Be3 followed by Qd2 and 0-0-0; and 6.f4 followed by Nf3 and 0-0, White's intention is to form a battery with his rooks.


See also

  • Alekhine's gun
    Alekhine's gun

    Alekhine's gun is a formation in chess named after the former World Chess Championship, Alexander Alekhine. This formation was named after a game he played against another illustrious International Grandmaster, Aaron Nimzowitsch in San Remo 1930, ending with Alekhine?s victory....


External links

  • - Collection of chess problems on double attack most of which involved batteries