"discovered check" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: discovered checks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} discovered check (plural discovered checks)
  1. (chess) A check by means of a discovered attack against the opponent's king. Categories (topical): Chess Synonyms: revealed check Hypernyms: check, discovered attack Translations (situation in chess): paljastusshakki (Finnish), échec à la découverte [masculine] (French), szachy z odsłony [plural] (Polish), șah prin descoperire [neuter] (Romanian), avdragsschack [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-discovered_check-en-noun-xnA7JyLq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: board-games, chess, games

Inflected forms

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