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The Battery: Heavy Artillery
The Concept: A single piece attacking a square is a threat. Two pieces lining up to attack the same square is a Battery. It creates overwhelming force that can crash through defenses.
[Image of Battery chess formation]
🚀 The Ultimate "AAA Battery"
Want to see the most famous battery in history? It involves stacking two Rooks AND a Queen on a single file!
1. The Diagonal Battery
Duijker vs. Muhren
The Formation: Queen + Bishop on the b1-h7 diagonal.
1. Qg6! hxg5
2. Be4!
White moves the Bishop to e4. Now, the Queen (on g6) and Bishop (on e4) form a deadly battery aiming straight at h7. Black is helpless against the threat of `Qh7#`.
1. Qg6! hxg5
2. Be4!
White moves the Bishop to e4. Now, the Queen (on g6) and Bishop (on e4) form a deadly battery aiming straight at h7. Black is helpless against the threat of `Qh7#`.
2. The Dynamic Battery
Inkiov vs. Jovanic
The Formation: Coordinating checks.
1...Nxg2! 2.Kxg2 Bh3+!
3.Kg3 Bd8
Black sacrifices the Knight to open the King. Then, the Bishop (`Bh3`) and Queen coordinate to hunt the White King down, eventually mating with `Bh4#`.
1...Nxg2! 2.Kxg2 Bh3+!
3.Kg3 Bd8
Black sacrifices the Knight to open the King. Then, the Bishop (`Bh3`) and Queen coordinate to hunt the White King down, eventually mating with `Bh4#`.