Variants and Triple Check
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In chess with variant rules or fairy pieces, other ways of delivering a double check may be possible. Triple, quadruple and even quintuple checks may also be possible, for example in the position shown, after Black plays 1...d5, White plays 2.exd6 e.p. quintuple check (the moa is a non-leaping knight which first takes a diagonal step, then an orthogonal one). After the en passant capture, both moas, the rook, the grasshopper and the bishop check the black king.
In xiangqi, a Chinese version of chess, triple check and even quadruple check is possible even without using fairy chess pieces, as in the following examples:
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Famous quotes containing the words variants, triple and/or check:
“Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.”
—Eric Hoffer (19021983)
“Their martyred blood and ashes sow
Oer all the Italian fields where still doth sway
The triple tyrant; that from these may grow
A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way,
Early may fly the Babylonian woe.”
—John Milton (16081674)
“When you go out, check the look of the sky; when you come in, check the looks on peoples faces.”
—Chinese proverb.