Set Up and Pieces

The Title of the Troop

To understand the word check, itwill be helpful to understand the Etymology, or history of the word and its origins. 

The word “check” stems from theword Shah – the Persian word from King. This was a term used to indicate a King was in “immediate peril” beingunder direct threat of an enemy troop. As chess moved westward throughFrance this term became eschequier before becoming the English “check” which weused today.   Although the term has morphed fromShah, to eschequier, to check, the underlying principle has remained the same –the King is exposed in direct danger and is being spotted by an enemy troop.

The Number of Combatants

To understand the word check, itwill be helpful to understand the Etymology, or history of the word and its origins. 

The word “check” stems from theword Shah – the Persian word from King. This was a term used to indicate a King was in “immediate peril” beingunder direct threat of an enemy troop. As chess moved westward throughFrance this term became eschequier before becoming the English “check” which weused today.   Although the term has morphed fromShah, to eschequier, to check, the underlying principle has remained the same –the King is exposed in direct danger and is being spotted by an enemy troop.

How To Set Up

To understand the word check, itwill be helpful to understand the Etymology, or history of the word and its origins. 

The word “check” stems from theword Shah – the Persian word from King. This was a term used to indicate a King was in “immediate peril” beingunder direct threat of an enemy troop. As chess moved westward throughFrance this term became eschequier before becoming the English “check” which weused today.   Although the term has morphed fromShah, to eschequier, to check, the underlying principle has remained the same –the King is exposed in direct danger and is being spotted by an enemy troop.

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A Sense of Perspective

To understand the word check, itwill be helpful to understand the Etymology, or history of the word and its origins. 

The word “check” stems from theword Shah – the Persian word from King. This was a term used to indicate a King was in “immediate peril” beingunder direct threat of an enemy troop. As chess moved westward throughFrance this term became eschequier before becoming the English “check” which weused today.   Although the term has morphed fromShah, to eschequier, to check, the underlying principle has remained the same –the King is exposed in direct danger and is being spotted by an enemy troop.

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Find the Best Move!

White has a fantastic move to use a pin and a fork to win
some major material. Can you find it?

Apprehend to Defend

A second way to stop check is for a player to perform an APPREHEND manuever.  To perform an APPREHEND maneuver the player will APPREHEND, or capture, the enemy troop seeing the King.

Unfortunately for Black there is no way to APPREHEND the White Rook to stop the check against their King. Don't worry, you'll see an example of the APPREHEND maneuver shortly!

The Number of Combatants

To understand the word check, itwill be helpful to understand the Etymology, or history of the word and its origins. 

The word “check” stems from theword Shah – the Persian word from King. This was a term used to indicate a King was in “immediate peril” beingunder direct threat of an enemy troop. As chess moved westward throughFrance this term became eschequier before becoming the English “check” which weused today.   Although the term has morphed fromShah, to eschequier, to check, the underlying principle has remained the same –the King is exposed in direct danger and is being spotted by an enemy troop.

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