10 double checks rated between 1400 and 1599, averaging 1498. Each position below is from a real game, with the solution given underneath — so you can check yourself immediately rather than guessing whether you were right.
In a double check, two pieces give check at once. It cannot be answered by capturing the checker or blocking the line, because either only deals with one of the two — the king must move. That makes double check the single most forcing move in chess, and it is why sacrifices that end in double check often work despite the material cost.
These are pitched at 1400-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1400 is one that players around 1400 solve about half the time, so if you are getting most of these you should move up a band.
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Rxg7+ Kxg7 Ne6+ Kf6 Nxd8
Ng5+ Kg8 Nxe6
gxh7+ Kh8 Qg7#
e4+ Ke6 exd5+
Nf6+ Kh8 hxg7+ Kxg7 Rh7+ Kf8 Rh8+ Ke7 Re8+ Kd6 Rxe2
gxf7+ Kh8 Rg8+ Rxg8 Rxg8#
gxh2+ Kh1 Qg2#
Ne7+ Kh8 Rg8#
Nc2+ Kf1 Qe1#
Rxf3+ Kxf3 Qxh5+
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In a double check, two pieces give check at once. It cannot be answered by capturing the checker or blocking the line, because either only deals with one of the two — the king must move. That makes double check the single most forcing move in chess, and it is why sacrifices that end in double check often work despite…
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1400 is one that players rated around 1400 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1498, so they suit 1400-rated players.
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