Battery

  • A battery in chess is a formation that consists of two or more pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal.

  • It is a tactic involved in planning a series of captures to remove the protection of the opponent's king, or to simply gain in the piece trades.

1. Example of a battery

1. Example of a battery

2. _____

2. _____

3. _____

3. _____

4. _____

4. _____

 Answers

  1. Example

  2. Rf1-d1 (Rook on f1 moves to d1 square)

  3. Rb2-d2

  4. Qh1

1. _____

1. _____

2. _____

2. _____

3. _____

3. _____

4. _____

4. _____

 Answers

  1. Re1-g1

  2. Qh2

  3. Qb2+

  4. Qf1

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