discovered check

1. 1.

   a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop

   Broadercheck

Questions about discovered check

What does discovered check mean?

discovered check means "a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop".

Is discovered check a common word?

discovered check is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.